GCC 15 Now Enables AArch64 Early Scheduling For -O3/-Ofast Modes
The GCC "-fschedule-insns" option allows for reordering of instructions to eliminate execution stalls when required data is unavailable. This early scheduling option can be beneficial for systems with slow floating point performance or costly memory lo...
Nuxt 3.16
Nuxt 3.16 is out - with packed with features and performance improvements
Apple Music enlists the King as a special radio DJ
Apple Music has partnered with His Majesty for The King’s Music Room, a special radio playlist set to celebrate this year’s Commonwealth’s Day. During the show, King Charles will share personal anecdotes amidst his curated playlist of songs rangi...
JavaScript tools and frameworks we’re watching now
JavaScript is moving in two directions at once, favoring both comprehensive, full-stack frameworks and greater simplicity. Sometimes these trends are harmonious, and at other times they are at odds. The drive for frameworks and libraries that abstra...
When to choose a bare-metal cloud
I did something last week that I had not done for a while. I recommended a bare-metal cloud service to a client. They had a particular purpose, and it was the right technology to solve the problem. In a typical public cloud environment, most users int...
Unofficial ROCm SDK Builder Expanded To Support More GPUs
The community-based ROCm SDK Builder is an unofficial project leveraging the open-source AMD ROCm code and making it easy to build machine learning and GPU compute software across a range of environments and helping ensure proper integration with other...
Ubuntu 24.04 Update Fixes Several Touchscreen Quirks
An update to the Mutter display manager is primed to begin rolling out to users of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS — with much-needed touchscreen fixes in tow. I don’t know how many of you use Ubuntu desktop on a touch-enabled device—not many, I’d wager. I do...
