FAQ

Why Bencher?

Benchmarking is a very hard and cumbersome yet supposed-to-be integral part of the software engineering life cycle. As code is edited by numerous parties, the impact of each change needs to be examined lest performance depreciates unwieldy.

How do I add Bencher to my project?

• Please visit the Github marketplace

How do I suppress regressions blocking my CI?

Inside your .bencher/config.yaml file, set the following:

suppress_failure_on_regression: true

What insights can I derive from continuous benchmarking?

At bare minimu, by default:

• CPU time spent per operation
• Bytes allocated per operation
• Number of allocations per operation