Prefer micro-optimizations

Apply small performance improvements that accumulate to significant gains. Focus on efficient memory usage, API choices, and avoiding unnecessary operations.

Key practices:

• Use references instead of copies when possible: auto& dynamic = std::get<folly::dynamic>(value_) instead of folly::dynamic dynamic = std::get<folly::dynamic>(value_)
• Prefer faster API variants: use getObject() instead of asObject() when you’ve already validated with isObject() - it’s faster because it uses an assert
• Use move semantics and emplace for containers: result.emplace(propertyNameString, std::move(property)) instead of result[propertyNameString] = property for better performance with no unnecessary copies
• Avoid expensive memory operations: use stack allocation CGFloat locations[colorStops.size()] instead of malloc(sizeof(CGFloat) * colorStops.size())

These micro-optimizations are especially important in performance-critical code paths where small improvements compound across many operations.