The chapter discusses different strategies and approaches to optimize Node.js code for improved performance. It covers topics such as rewriting APIs in native C++ for better performance, benchmarking and testing edge cases, understanding the big O notation, prioritizing performance mindset, memory usage and garbage collection considerations, reading flame graphs, handling common use cases upfront, and optimizing for the hot path.

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