# Anecdotal Performance Claims

> Asserting performance characteristics from anecdote or intuition rather than measured evidence.

Record: `lex:anecdotal-performance-claims`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-anecdotal-performance-claims

## category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## referenced-by

- [Big O Notation](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/big-o-notation.md)