claude-code-ultimate-guide/examples/rules/performance-review.md
Florian BRUNIAUX 7d43b67bcd docs: add review-plan command + rules templates (inspired by Garry Tan)
Structured plan review across 4 axes (architecture, code quality, tests,
performance) as a reusable custom command with separate rules files.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-16 20:34:33 +01:00

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Performance review criteria for plan and code reviews

Performance Review Criteria

When reviewing performance, evaluate these dimensions:

Database Access

  • Are there N+1 query patterns (loop with individual queries)?
  • Are queries using appropriate indexes?
  • Is data fetched at the right granularity (not over-fetching)?
  • Are bulk operations used where possible?

Memory

  • Are large datasets streamed rather than loaded entirely in memory?
  • Are there potential memory leaks (event listeners, unclosed connections)?
  • Is object allocation minimized in hot paths?

Caching

  • What data is expensive to compute and stable enough to cache?
  • Are cache invalidation strategies defined?
  • Is caching applied at the right layer (application, database, CDN)?

Complexity

  • Are there O(n^2) or worse algorithms that could be optimized?
  • Are hot paths identified and optimized?
  • Is unnecessary work being done (redundant computations, unused data transforms)?
  • Are expensive operations deferred or lazy-loaded where possible?