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Summing RSS Is Not Your WSL2 Memory Usage

Task Manager says "VmmemWSL" is holding 8 GB, while inside Ubuntu, "htop" shows something closer to 2 GB. At first, the difference is difficult to interpret because both numbers look perfectly…

  • Task Manager shows 8 GB memory used by VmmemWSL
  • Htop inside Ubuntu reports around 2 GB memory usage
  • RSS values from multiple processes do not equal WSL2 memory usage

I Wanted YouTube's Simplicity in VLC — So I Built My Own Media Player

I Wanted YouTube's Simplicity in VLC — So I Built My Own Media Player I use VLC because it plays almost everything. MKV. MP4. WebM. AVI. MOV. Multiple audio tracks. Subtitles. You name it.

  • Author created "Simple YT Style Player" seeking YouTube-like simplicity in VLC
  • Media player supports MKV, MP4, WebM, AVI, MOV formats with audio/subtitle customization
  • Lightweight, open-source design functions as native app on Windows, Android, mobile

Yatta JS launches Sunday, October 4

Quick heads up for the weekend. I am releasing Yatta JS on Sunday, October 4. It is a backend runtime for Bun that embeds the whole stack in your app process: relational DB, passkeys and MFA auth…

I track protein, not calories. So I built a dead-simple tracker for lifters.

Every food-tracking app wants the same things from me: calories, macros, a subscription, an account, a barcode-scanning onboarding flow. I'm a lifter. I don't care about any of that.

  • Protein Pal focuses solely on protein intake tracking
  • Users log foods with protein grams, set custom goals
  • Offline, no accounts, simple design for lifters

Debug Blurry Compressed PDF Images — 4 Resolution Checks Before Watermarking

TL;DR: When a compressed PDF looks blurry, debug embedded image resolution before changing compression settings. Keep the archival PDF unchanged, own the watermark template, and generate a separate…

  • Verify source image pixel dimensions and intended placement size
  • Examine template owner's behavior for stability in disclosure rules
  • Run four TypeScript preflight tests before watermarking

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