worm links

A collection of useful or interesting webpages.

youtubers

Kaze Emanuar: Super Mario 64 modder, has many videos detailing the process of optimizing code on the platform.
jdh: Game developer who works primarily in C, with no prebuilt game engine.

Michael Abrash's Graphics Programming Black Book, Special Edition: Mostly about programming for 286/386/486 computers, but has some generally applicable advice on software optimization.