Journal

Notes that started as arguments in the lab

These pieces are written for people who already open a profiler. They accompany the courses; they do not replace them.

Charts on a laptop beside a notebook

12 March 2026 · Method

Cold start is not one number

A single TTFD hides process birth, class load, and first useful frame. Here is the three-slice chart we teach in Field Benchmark Mastery.

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Laptop keyboard and code on screen

2 February 2026 · Diagnostics

When battery traces contradict frame time

A smooth scroll can still drain a cell. How we teach paired attribution without picking a favourite metric.

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Team working together with laptops

18 January 2026 · Thailand field

Modeling Thai carrier jitter in the lab

A fixture built from Bangkok commute captures, including the 5G-to-4G hop near the river.

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Developer workstation with monitor and laptop

9 December 2025 · Release practice

Why lab scores drift after release

Build flavour, thermal history, and fixture version: the three quiet reasons a “green” gate fails in production.

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