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SE Radio 577: Casey Muratori on Clean Code, Horrible Performance?

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The Trade-offs of Performance vs Clean Code

The chapter explores the trade-offs of focusing on performance versus clean code principles and how clean code applies in the context of IO bound applications. It discusses how applications can become artificially IO bound, causing slow web page loading times, and the impact of slow database operations on overall system performance. It also argues against the misconception of writing low-quality code when the database is the bottleneck.

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