lecture · intermediate · evergreen
Refterm Lecture Part 1 - Philosophies of Optimization
Molly Rocket · Oct 18, 2021 · 18m 41s
What this video covers
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 it surfaced in Hacker News
HN returns to it constantly in software performance debates as the primer on non-pessimization and why modern software is slow.
- 10
- distinct recommenders
- 10
- recommendation months
- 1
- strong recommendations
Recommendation context
Short excerpts from positive mentions. Open the source to read the full Hacker News discussion.
“Casey Muratori's refterm video series is a great example of how to do application design.”
“Casey's most recent intro to non-pessimization”
“If you are interested in an expansion on this idea, checkout Casey Muratori's lecture about philosophies of optimization”