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

aired Aug 26, 2026 · 112.0m
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Summary

Why do most devs not care about writing performance software?.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, know, it's, including: Today's guest, Casey Moratori, spent the last decade arguing that we should.

Key takeaways
  1. 01He also says that most software out there runs tens to hundreds of times slower than it needs to
  2. 02If you work with agents, your job is no longer just writing code, it's also specifying and testing it
  3. 03And Antisysys is the most effective method of verifying agentic code today
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