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HN commenters cite it as a sharp critique of SOLID, Clean Code and 'non-pessimized' programming, and as context for why software is getting worse.
Casey Muratori's invited lecture on where bad code comes from, rebroadcast from a Twitch stream. He critiques conventional wisdom such as SOLID and Clean Code and argues about how those habits lead to slow, poorly structured software.
“There's a good take on this by Casey Muratori” (HN, 2022)
There's a good take on this by Casey Muratori - [this video] And I agree with him. Things like SOLID and "Clean Code" really are just buzzwords nowadays that don't mean anything.
Good take that SOLID and Clean Code are just buzzwords.
> Additionally I think SOLID principles should be part of every (software) engineer’s skills repertoire. No. I don't agree with Casey Muratori on a lot of things, but he hits the nail on the head about that statement in this video (around 23:00, but I'd suggest you watch the whole thing for context) - [this video] I've walked out of interviews (politely) because I was asked to recite some buzzword bullshit like SOLID.
Casey Muratori critiques SOLID principles around 23:00.
I think they used that term on purpose. Non-pessimized in this case is the same as optimized, and I believe it's a reference to this video [this video]
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