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The Genesis of Casey Muratori’s Streaming Career and Low-Level Programming Evangelism
Explore how Jonathan Blow’s unique compiler demonstrations inspired Casey Muratori to create "Handmade Hero," a series that fundamentally changed how many developers approach systems programming education.
Short Summary
- Jonathan Blow showcased advanced meta-programming by running games inside his compiler demo, demonstrating execution at compile time.
- When prompted by fans, Casey started "Handmade Hero," focusing strictly on building software engines from the bare operating system level up.
- This series was highly effective because it demystified low-level concepts like memory layout and bitmap handling for programmers stuck on abstract stacks.
- Successful programming languages usually require a secondary business model, as creating a language rarely serves as a standalone source of income.
This content documents Casey Muratori’s origin story, detailing the technical inspiration he drew from Jonathan Blow’s early J AI work. It then pivots to the massive, unanticipated educational impact of "Handmade Hero" on the engineering community, contrasting this grassroots success with the pragmatic economic necessities of modern language development.
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Top Comments (10)
casey, please please, make that condensed series 🙏
I'm one of those people whose life was changed by Handmade Hero. Wanted to program all my life, had to survive by having other jobs, couldn't even think about taking separated programming-related studies. Then when I finally started doing HMH, I typed every little typo Casey was, for 200-ish "days", pretty much every single real day, for almost a year, and it finally landed me a dev job. Probably the most hellish episode is that 4-hour marathon where he takes his software renderer and rewrites its core in SIMD. That almost broke me but omg I'd do it again. Thank you for what you're doing Casey, you're the beacon that keeps the passion burning.
Casey: We're all out of origin story! Casey: When I was a kid...
I swear every episode of The Standup is quieter than the last
Casey is a verified legend. I love the existence of handmade hero. You can make the condensed series, but the job is already done. The miracle already is there.
I watched his talk and Ginger Bill's at Better Software Conference, Ginger Bill started his by thanking Casey for making Hand Made Hero and how it changed his life, and the crowd clapped at that point. The respect Casey has on the low level programming community is insane.
On Casey we click
I started Handmade Hero this year, and without a doubt it is still the best resource for a robust Game dev knowledge. I hope to see that condenced version one day
Casey, once you're not as busy, please do the condensed version!
Upvote for Handmade Hero — Condensed! ☝🏻✅🔥
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Top Comments (10)
casey, please please, make that condensed series 🙏
I'm one of those people whose life was changed by Handmade Hero. Wanted to program all my life, had to survive by having other jobs, couldn't even think about taking separated programming-related studies. Then when I finally started doing HMH, I typed every little typo Casey was, for 200-ish "days", pretty much every single real day, for almost a year, and it finally landed me a dev job. Probably the most hellish episode is that 4-hour marathon where he takes his software renderer and rewrites its core in SIMD. That almost broke me but omg I'd do it again. Thank you for what you're doing Casey, you're the beacon that keeps the passion burning.
Casey: We're all out of origin story! Casey: When I was a kid...
I swear every episode of The Standup is quieter than the last
Casey is a verified legend. I love the existence of handmade hero. You can make the condensed series, but the job is already done. The miracle already is there.
I watched his talk and Ginger Bill's at Better Software Conference, Ginger Bill started his by thanking Casey for making Hand Made Hero and how it changed his life, and the crowd clapped at that point. The respect Casey has on the low level programming community is insane.
On Casey we click
I started Handmade Hero this year, and without a doubt it is still the best resource for a robust Game dev knowledge. I hope to see that condenced version one day
Casey, once you're not as busy, please do the condensed version!
Upvote for Handmade Hero — Condensed! ☝🏻✅🔥