HackerTube / Video
Refterm Lecture Part 1 - Philosophies of Optimization
Molly Rocket
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.
HN returns to it constantly in software performance debates as the primer on non-pessimization and why modern software is slow.
20 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2026