There continue to be reasons for software to be slow
Dan Luu recently penned a blog post titled "There's no reason for software to be slow anymore." This piece discusses how various tasks can be made more cost-effective with the help of Large Language Models (LLMs) such as creating specialized solutions (e.g., JITs, search indexes) and optimizing workloads. While it may seem that everything might now be written in assembly, Nolan Lawson's perspective on testing and performance can be applied to this modern context as well.
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