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Deep compiler knowledge is still interesting, but it is no longer useful to a working engineer in any meaningful sense.

Drawn from what Steve Yegge said

Subjectcompilers
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compilers Programs that turn programs into programs: what a compiler can name, assembly, and building one that serves an editor.

What Steve Yegge actually said

  1. Steve Yegge Software engineer of four decades who spent years at Amazon and Google
    I had a lot of my own ego and identity wrapped up in my sort of compiler background. It's all It's interesting, right? But it's it's not useful in any meaningful sense anymore.

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    11 Mar 2026 · video · 1h 32m · spoken · machine transcript

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