If this resonated with you, then check out Mechanical Sympathy [1], a mailing list all about writing code that is aware of how computers work and working with t

If this resonated with you, then check out Mechanical Sympathy [1], a mailing list all about writing code that is aware of how computers work and working with them. Martin Thompson's blog by the same name also has a lot of good information [2]. To the people who say "Who is going to pay for this?" look at all of the places that can measure the cost of slow or inefficient computing e.g. Wall St, Google, Amazon, e.t.c. They all invest in writing low level efficient code where it makes sense. [1]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mechanical-sympathy https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mechanical-sympathy [2]: http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.co.nz http://mechanical-sympathy.blogspot.co.nz