Documentation: make performance and platform claims independently verifiable

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
55/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
c, github-actions
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the README performance and platform claims, then inspect the benchmark workflow run 42153892833 and its webserver-result artifact, docs/embedded/stm32.md, and the STM32F769I-DISCO fortress example. Trace each claim to current CI results or documented physical-board procedures, distinguishing those from QEMU and cross-build checks. Done when the README claims link to evidence and describe benchmark conditions and feature maturity.

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Description

enhancement

The README makes broad performance and platform claims that can look implausible without direct links to evidence. This is a documentation credibility issue, not evidence that the project is fictional: the implementation, regression suite, CI benchmark artifacts, embedded examples, and physical STM32 validation exist.

A legitimate concern is that a hardcoded benchmark table remained stale even while newer CI results were available. Broad claims also need clearer separation between hosted features, experimental features, cross-build checks, QEMU, and physical-board validation.

Proposed improvements:

  • Link benchmark summaries to the exact workflow run, commit, and downloadable result artifact, and keep generated values ahead of hand-maintained prose.
  • Link embedded claims to board-specific build, flash, and runtime validation instructions, clearly distinguishing physical hardware from QEMU and cross-compilation.
  • Document benchmark hardware, workload, limitations, and reproduction steps next to every headline performance claim.
  • Mark experimental or partial platform features explicitly instead of presenting every feature as equally mature.
  • Avoid production or scale claims unless they link to a reproducible public artifact.

Example evidence available now: the 2026-11-06 benchmark run 42153892833 and its webserver-result artifact, the STM32F769I-DISCO fortress example, and docs/embedded/stm32.md.

Acceptance criteria: performance and embedded claims in the README can be independently traced to current CI artifacts or documented physical-board procedures without relying on unsupported superlatives.

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