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Handmade Hero | Getting rid of the OOP mindset

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Here's an explanation from Casey Muratori”

    Casey Muratori explains moving away from the OOP mindset

    Reedx, 2018-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is your best advice for a junior software developer?”

  2. “Not so much talk as a rant.”

    A rant on rejecting the OOP mindset

    kkoncevicius, 2021-10 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Programming talks that made something click for you?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: oop, casey muratori, handmade hero, software design, programming paradigms

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