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`wp db check` / `wp db optimize` — the database health commands that get overlooked

A WordPress database doesn't tidy itself up over time. Spam comments pile up, expired transients linger, post revisions accumulate, and tables left behind by uninstalled plugins never quite go away.

• wp db check verifies table health by running mysqlcheck --check on each table
• wp db optimize defragments tables and reclaims disk space in InnoDB storage engine
• Running both commands regularly catches bloated tables and corrupted data before issues

3h ago ·dev.to

Catalog Isolation: Background Removal and Manual Crop Trade-offs Explained

Short answer: use automated background removal for volume, then reserve manual crops for images where a wrong edge costs more than the bandwidth and review time.

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Mercury rejected you. Here is the math behind it, and what to do next

The email arrives. "Mercury will not be able to support your business at this time. We will not be able to provide additional details about this decision." You spend the next two weeks building an…

• Mercury rejects applications due to OFAC sanctions penalties up to $1 million per transaction
• Rejection driven by reputational risk from media coverage on fintechs serving sanctioned Russians

3h ago ·dev.to

Trump says data center opponents could 'end up backwards and poor'

3h ago ·seekingalpha.com

NVIDIA Posts Linux Scheduler Patches To Further Boost SMT Performance On NVIDIA Vera

Hitting the Linux kernel mailing list today is a new kernel scheduler patch series to enable preferred SMT siblings for NVIDIA Vera with its Olympus cores...

• NVIDIA releases Linux scheduler patches to boost SMT performance on NVIDIA Vera processors.
• Patches make PE0 preferred sibling for Olympus cores using SDASYMPACKING SMT domain.
• Tests show throughput increases from 9.4 TFLOP/s to 10.1 TFLOP/s with patches applied.

3h ago ·phoronix.com