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Argues that generating code at runtime and compiling it with new Function yields major speedups for repeated validation and queries, not just theoretical fluff. Builds a JSON-query interpreter that compiles schemas into inlined checks using generate-function and generate-object-property, and benchmarks show progression from 668 matches/ms (closure baseline) to ~11,000 with a compiled closure and ~35,000 with generated functions. The technique powers is-my-json-valid style validators and works when the seed/schema changes infrequently.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 0:52How To Write Code That Writes Code
3. 15:44Generate Object Property
4. 16:18Generator Object Property
5. 16:39Generate Function

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