# Anecdotal Performance Claims

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

Record: `lexicon: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#lexicon-anecdotal-performance-claims

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Transparency / Debugging](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/transparency-debugging.md) and before [Anecdotal Timing](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/anecdotal-timing.md).

## Category

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

## Negated by

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

## Linked from

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