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Casey Muratori on the Sources of Bad Code

Molly Rocket · Lecture · 42 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Where Does Bad Code Come From?
Why it's here

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.

What it covers

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.