# Casey Muratori: Surprises In Computer History And Where Bad Code Comes From

DevFeed: [Casey Muratori: Surprises In Computer History And Where Bad Code Comes From](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/casey-muratori-surprises-in-computer-history-and-where-bad-code-comes-from-18083.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/casey-muratori-surprises-in-computer>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-09-14T13:03:29Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>)

## AI overview

A podcast conversation with Casey Muratori explores computer science history, programming culture, the video game industry, and the lasting interpretations of Donald Knuth's warning about premature optimization.

## Source excerpt

In this episode, my goal was to record a conversation that was completely free of any "AI doom" content.