# [GT4Py] Toolchain instrumentation
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## Problem
Advanced per-program customization of the toolchain for maximum performance and flexibility.
## Appetite
1 cycle
## Solution
### Research
Investigate how we can provide a simple way of creating customized backends in ICON4Py. The main goal is to make it feasible in the short-term and come up with a sustainable approach for the long term.
- Custom block sizes per program (gtfn & dace)
- K-blocking (gtfn & dace)
- inline-everything heuristics ?
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## Progress
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- [x] Task 1 ([PR#xxxx](https://github.com/GridTools/gt4py/pulls))
- [x] Subtask A
- [x] Subtask X
- [ ] Task 2
- [x] Subtask H
- [ ] Subtask J
- [ ] Discovered Task 3
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- [ ] Task 4