⚡️ Performance

- *(degree_lowering)* Cache node-degrees (6496a740)
- *(TasmBackend)* Exploit mixed-type instructions (8898bdc9)
- *(TasmBackend)* Use `addi` instruction if possible (6d55b80d)

✅ Testing

- Correctness & soundness of degree lowering (667c9103)

🛠 Build

- Set `opt-level=3` on build script execution (5e16b087)

⏱ Bench

- Add benchmark for degree lowering times (86cf9623)

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