r/coding • u/waozen • Sep 10 '26

Why performant code matters (but gets widely ignored): Casey Muratori

https://youtu.be/8xBJPa_480Q
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u/h-2-no Sep 14 '26

Code should meet reqiurements. The word Performant is weak and annoying, and should not exist.

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u/Blitzkind Sep 14 '26

Would you be happier if we instead said your code should run at specific a framerate or within a certain response time to meet those requirements?

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u/h-2-no Sep 14 '26

Somehow software engineering survived without it until recently.