Visit our SoMa headquarters this Wednesday, August 19th for an exclusive meetup where Drew Paroski will share his expertise on building compilers. Compilers play a crucial role in maximizing application performance by translating programming languages into machine code, resulting in significant speed improvements. At the meetup, Drew will outline key considerations for building the best possible compiler, including identifying performance goals and evaluating full-custom approaches versus alternatives. The event also features a database speed test contest with a prize for the best performance, as well as a happy hour with heavy hors d'oeuvres and a Q&A session with Drew. This is an opportunity to learn from someone who has co-created the HipHop Virtual Machine and Hack programming language, and to network with like-minded professionals in the field.