# Choosing what to precompile as a package author

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choosing-what-to-precompile-as-a-package-author/94705
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [February 16, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choosing-what-to-precompile-as-a-package-author/94705 "2023-02-16T02:17:38Z")
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### Author: ![tim.holy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tim.holy/32/52_2.png) [@tim.holy](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tim.holy)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/choosing-what-to-precompile-as-a-package-author/94705/2 "2023-02-16T08:05:34Z")

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Rather than use Preferences to control precompilation, would it work to document for users how to create their own custom Startup.jl packages? [Question about using SnoopPrecompile - #9 by tim.holy](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/question-about-using-snoopprecompile/88227/9)

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