Raspberry Pi

/boot/config.txt:

# Disable the rainbow splash screen
disable_splash=1

# Disable bluetooth
dtoverlay=pi3-disable-bt

#Disable Wifi
dtoverlay=pi3-disable-wifi
 
# Overclock the SD Card from 50 to 100MHz
# This can only be done with at least a UHS Class 1 card
dtoverlay=sdtweak,overclock_50=100
 
# Set the bootloader delay to 0 seconds. The default is 1s if not specified.
boot_delay=0

# Overclock the raspberry pi. This voids its warranty. Make sure you have a good power supply.
force_turbo=1

/boot/comdline.txt:

dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 console=serial0,115200 console=tty1 root=PARTUUID=32e07f87-02 rootfstype=ext4 elevator=deadline fsck.repair=yes quiet rootwait

systemd-analyze blame

suggested:

sudo systemctl disable dhcpcd.service
sudo systemctl disable networking.service
sudo systemctl disable ssh.service
sudo systemctl disable ntp.service
sudo systemctl disable dphys-swapfile.service
sudo systemctl disable keyboard-setup.service
sudo systemctl disable apt-daily.service
sudo systemctl disable wifi-country.service
sudo systemctl disable hciuart.service
sudo systemctl disable raspi-config.service
sudo systemctl disable avahi-daemon.service
sudo systemctl disable triggerhappy.service

Custom service:

etc/systemd/system/myveryown.service

[Unit]
Description=Custom Service

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/pi/myveryown.sh
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=piservice
User=pi
Group=pi
WorkingDirectory=/root/myveryown/

[Install]
WantedBy=basic.target

Custom kernel compilation (src)