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25x Performance, Three Optimizations
On December 31st 2024, I decided that it was time to convert my scheme implementation to a CPS-based JIT compiler from an AST interpreter. The main reason for this was to make the creation of continuations mechanical. I would say that when implementing a...
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Zero-Cost 'Tagless Final' in Rust with GADT-style Enums
A deep dive into implementing the 'tagless initial' pattern in Rust using enums and the never type to achieve zero-cost abstractions, demonstrated with optimized assembly output.
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Quest for the eternal Dock - lambdock - jointhefreeworld
As a heavy computer user, spending most of my day enjoying digital life, and as an eye-candy enjoyer and workflow optimization afficionado, I have long dreamt of the ultimate desktop dock.
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Testing on the Toilet: Change-Detector Tests Considered Harmful
by Alex Eagle This article was adapted from a Google Testing on the Toilet (TotT) episode. You can download a printer-friendly version ...
Entities: Google
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EasyEffects should be part of every Linux distribution and desktop environment to massively improve laptop speaker sound quality – OSnews
Virtually all laptop speakers suck. It’s the one area where even really expensive laptops tend to fall on their ass, leaving users with a tinny, harsh, and hollow sound experience. While you can’t exactly overcome physics – laptop speakers are necessarily...
Topics: Infrastructure
Entities: Infrastructure
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How we saved 100 terabytes of memory by optimizing 1.1.1.1’s DNS cache
Five Rust-level memory optimizations to the DNS cache layout of Big Pineapple cut per-entry memory by 56%, freeing approximately 100 TB of memory across Cloudflare's fleet.
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Challenges when writing gren-format
The library code which implements the Gren code formatter