Casey Muratori names the real root of all software evil — and it's not "premature optimization"
Casey Muratori takes on Knuth's most-quoted excuse, arguing the instinct behind "premature optimization" isn't the real culprit for bloated, slow software. In this talk he traces the actual root cause and why engineers keep reaching for it as a shield. Delivered at BSC 2026, it's a sharp contrarian take that performance-minded developers will want to argue with.