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by @mikem · last added 2026-08-18 · 21 items

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* Linux kernel will support $ORIGIN, sort of

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* Quadrupling code performance with a 'useless' if

* Why It's So Hard to Add a Column in the Middle of a PostgreSQL Table

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* Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database

* Measuring Input Latency on Linux: X11 vs. Wayland, VRR, and DXVK

* Learning a few things about running SQLite

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* That post never existed. Stop listening to that thing

* Rust in the NetBSD Kernel, and other odd decisions

* I spent 5 years in DevOps – Solutions engineering gave me what I was missing

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* JavaScript-heavy approaches are not compatible with long-term performance goals

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* Stop using low DNS TTLs

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* Microsoft open-sources LiteBox, a security-focused library OS

* Reverse Engineering the Prom for the SGI O2

* GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams

* AI Data Centers Use More Water Than Most Tech Giants Report

* Lightning Memory-Mapped Database Manager (LMDB) 1.0

* crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C

* Hackers shoveled snow for company, were rewarded with network admin access

* 'guix substitute' and 'guix pull' Vulnerabilities

* The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't

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* PostgreSQL and the OOM Killer: Why We Use Strict Memory Overcommit