Saw this, a long while ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD5NrevFtbU
It measures clean code to wreck performance to terrible degree.
From the looks of it, in Molly Rocket's view, clean code is an industry-wronging cult.
They've multiple videos on the subject, from different angles
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=molly+rocket+clean+code
Just putting this here for hopefully-more-accurate-view.
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