The Bytes Beneath

Hello there! My name is Dylan and I’m the author of The Bytes Beneath - a newsletter in which I challenge the current programming zeitgeist by getting back to basics and reframing the problems of programming, ensuring clarity and simplicity take center stage.

If that sounds up your alley, check out my first article about memory management!

Manual Memory Management is Too Hard For You - Programming Lies

Dylan Falconer

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September 7, 2023

If you hang around in the online spaces where programmers congregate for even a short time, you will hear a particular sentiment about manual memory management echoed by most. That is, “manual memory management is too difficult for mere mortals; it’s too error prone, and even the greybeards get it wrong”.

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