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Simple Optimization For Linux 7.4 Can Open Files For Reading ~39% Faster

More than two years in the making, Linux 7.4 is poised to introduce a patch that amounts to a rather simple optimization to avoid unnecessary/duplicative work that can net some nice gains when opening files for reading...

We haven't written up this one. Phoronix has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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What Go Taught Us About Java Garbage Collection

As Java developers, we take a lot of inspiration from HotSpot. It is the gold standard for many of us, and for good reason. But measuring ParparVM against Go recently sent me down a different path.

  • Go keeps more objects off the heap, reducing garbage collector work.
  • ParparVM Java-to-C compiler allows experimentation with Go's memory strategies.
  • Configurable minimum allocation threshold improves Java performance.

VibeX: the architecture diagram you never have to draw

ERDs, C4 models, API catalogues and state machines generated from the schema that actually ships — plus documentation that fails CI when it drifts.

  • VibeX generates architecture diagrams from schema files
  • HTML file contains diagrams, documentation, and source code links
  • Diagrams stay in sync with actual schema

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