Episode 402 - Performance Matters with Casey Muratori

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Why performant code matters (but gets widely ignored), with Casey Muratori link to the source (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:00) - Casey Muratori and Early Windows Gaming (00:04:22) - Why Modern Software Is Slow (00:06:54) - Hardware Limits and Assembly Language (00:10:57) - Premature Optimization and Architecture (00:14:15) - The Evolution of Game Development (00:20:02) - Clean Code Controversy and Pragmatism (00:23:21) - AI Coding Agents and Software Craft

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Episode 402 - Performance Matters with Casey Muratori

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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Casey Muratori and Early Windows Gaming
4:22 Why Modern Software Is Slow
6:54 Hardware Limits and Assembly Language
10:57 Premature Optimization and Architecture
14:15 The Evolution of Game Development
20:02 Clean Code Controversy and Pragmatism
23:21 AI Coding Agents and Software Craft

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