If this strikes a chord you might also be interested in data-oriented design[0]. It's the primary philosophy behind Casey Muratori's Handmade Hero[1] which is w

If this strikes a chord you might also be interested in data-oriented design[0]. It's the primary philosophy behind Casey Muratori's Handmade Hero[1] which is where, I assume, the reference in the manifesto's title comes from. You should also watch Mike Acton's talk at CppCon[2]. It's really about giving up programming-by-folklore. It's about understanding the problem so that you understand the data transformations your program has to make given the hardware it will operate on. It's about doing the maths and following the numbers instead of modelling things in terms of abstractions. It's about letting go of the idea that our job is to write beautiful code. Our job is to solve problems. The problem is a human one. The computer transforms data to solve our problem. The code only needs to do those transformations which solve the problem. It's a philosophy I've picked up in part thanks to Mike Acton and Casey. I mostly work in dynamic languages but it has already helped immensely at keeping my code simple and forcing me to think about the data. This has a huge impact on writing fast, simple code. [0] http://dataorienteddesign.com/site.php http://dataorienteddesign.com/site.php [1] https://handmadehero.org/ https://handmadehero.org/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0ItVEVjHc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0ItVEVjHc