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How to use libvmaf_cuda on Windows: an easy-to-follow guide (WSL2 + Docker + NVIDIA)

TL;DR: Running GPU-accelerated VMAF on Windows is surprisingly painful. After spending hours fighting broken builds and undocumented errors, the only reliable path I found is WSL2 + Docker Desktop + NVIDIA Container Toolkit + a CUDA-enabled FFmpeg . This guide walks you through the whole setup using the easyVmaf project, so you can skip the trial-and-error I went through. This guide uses easyVmaf…

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Node.js SaaS Job Retries — Simple Queues, Delayed Backoff, and Dead Letters

Short answer: use an at-least-once message queue with delayed retries, an idempotent Node.js worker, and a dead-letter queue for failed SaaS jobs; use cron only to trigger work that is then drained by…

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iOS 27.2 Adds Profiles to Apple TV App

With iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, Apple extended Apple TV app profiles to the iOS version of the app. Apple brought ‌Apple TV‌ profiles to tvOS with tvOS 26.2 , but the feature has been limited…

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