Andrew Kelley: A Practical Guide to Applying Data Oriented Design (DoD)

Why it was recommended

A good introduction to SoA (for anyone curious) are the two most famous Data-Oriented Design talks

RecommendationRendello · Original2026-07

What it covers

Andrew Kelley, creator of Zig, presents practical data-oriented design techniques for shrinking memory footprint and making programs cache friendly. He ends with a case. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

ChimiChanga

Length

46 min 40 sec

Year

2024

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