Memory management still matters but by how much differs based on your specifications. Are you programming for a microcontroller? For a low end VPS? For a low-vo

Memory management still matters but by how much differs based on your specifications. Are you programming for a microcontroller? For a low end VPS? For a low-volume high-turnover web app? Do you have a deadline? How many people should be able to come up to speed and contribute to your codebase? The author's example is interesting. He talks about a webserver that after optimizations can reach 1.2 million requests per second. In reality though, your gigabit ethernet interface can't handle that much anyway.