Refterm Lecture Part 1 - Philosophies of Optimization
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Casey Muratori's first refterm lecture lays out philosophies of optimization, distinguishing optimization from non-pessimization, which means avoiding needless work. It uses his fast terminal renderer project to show how fast computers really are.
Why HN recommends it: HN returns to it constantly in software performance debates as the primer on non-pessimization and why modern software is slow.
“The video on Philosophies of Optimisation is a good primer on the tenets of the course.” Read on HN ↗