<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Loosely Speaking</title><description>Notes, rants, and half-finished ideas — some serious, some not, none particularly polished.</description><link>https://loosely-speaking.pages.dev/</link><item><title>Latency numbers every programmer should know, and why</title><link>https://loosely-speaking.pages.dev/blog/latency-numbers-every-programmer-should-know-and-why/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://loosely-speaking.pages.dev/blog/latency-numbers-every-programmer-should-know-and-why/</guid><description>L1, L2, L3, RAM, SSD, and network latency compared side by side — with a physical distance for each one, and why the gaps between them aren&apos;t arbitrary.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>