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Handmade Hero | Getting rid of the OOP mindset

A short clip of Casey Muratori from Handmade Hero explaining why he rejects the object-oriented mindset and how to move away from it. It is part rant, part programming philosophy.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN shares it as a concise critique of OOP from a respected systems programmer.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
vexe
Topic
object-oriented programming critique
Format
commentary
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
4
Recommendation years in dataset
2018–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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  • Here's an explanation from Casey Muratori: [VIDEO] See also Mike Acton (Engine Director @ Insomniac Games): [LINK]

    Reedx on Hacker News · 2018-10
    In Ask HN: What is your best advice for a junior software developer?

  • Some other takes: Casey Muratori (Handmade Hero) on why OOP is bad and how to get rid of that mindset - [VIDEO] Mike Acton (Engine Director @ Insomniac Games) - [LINK]

    Reedx on Hacker News · 2018-10
    In OOP Is Dead, Long Live OOP

  • Not so much talk as a rant. "Getting rid of the OOP mindset" ( [VIDEO] ) And accompanying article "Semantic Compression" : [LINK]

    kkoncevicius on Hacker News · 2021-10
    In Ask HN: Programming talks that made something click for you?

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