Python Performance Optimization

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The Python Performance Optimization skill provides an extensive toolkit for identifying and resolving bottlenecks in Python code. It enables developers to perform deep CPU and memory profiling, analyze execution patterns, and implement high-efficiency patterns such as vectorization with NumPy, advanced caching with LRU, and memory-saving techniques like __slots__. Whether you are debugging slow production systems, reducing latency in web APIs, or streamlining data processing pipelines, this skill provides the domain-specific guidance needed to choose the right profiling tools and implementation strategies to minimize resource consumption and maximize execution speed.

Key Features

• Memory optimization techniques including generators, string join patterns, and slotted classes
• Advanced algorithmic speedups using NumPy vectorization and functools.lru_cache
• Comprehensive profiling using cProfile, line_profiler, and memory_profiler
• Production-safe analysis with py-spy for real-time performance tracking without restarts
• Implementation of high-performance patterns like list comprehensions and local variable access
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Use Cases

• Identifying and fixing memory leaks or high RAM consumption in long-running services
• Reducing API response times by optimizing function call overhead and I/O bottlenecks
• Accelerating data-heavy applications through NumPy vectorization and efficient data structures