Clean Code, Horrible Performance? Architecture and Measurements

While scrolling through endless videos on YouTube, I often get recommended videos on software development. One of them caught my interest recently: Clean Code, Horrible Performance by Casey Muratori. 1 It’s a well-known video with considerable controversy, and I wanted to dive into the topic. As many developers before me, I read Clean Code by “Uncle Bob” Robert C. Martin. It is a book on best practices; how does one write code such that it is maintainable and “clean”. It discusses things like encapsulation, SOLID principles in OOP, etc. ...

September 21, 2026