today's leftovers
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Nine ways to shoot yourself in the foot with PostgreSQL
Previously on Extreme Learning, I discussed all the ways I've broken production using healthchecks. In this post I'll do the same for PostgreSQL.
The common thread linking most of these gotchas is scalability. They're things that won't affect you while your database is small. But if one day you want your database not to be small, it pays to think about them in advance. Otherwise they'll came back and bite you later, potentially when it's least convenient. Plus in many cases it's less work to do the right thing from the start, than it is to change a working system to do the right thing later on.
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Want new features in LibreOffice? Help to fund developers!
Every major release of LibreOffice includes new features, thanks to our community of volunteer and ecosystem developers. But what can you do, if you want a new feature in LibreOffice but don't have the technical know-how to implement it?
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Firefox Nightly: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, Prettier – These Weeks in Firefox: Issue 136
Highlights
- Itiel improved themes support for the findbar, previously there was very little contrast. Themes with background images have their images used in the findbar.
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Adam Young: The Minimum Linux Kernel Module Code to Register a Driver
I’ve been working through John Madieu’s Book on Linux Device Driver Development. When typing in the Sample code for the Platform device, I got a Segmentation fault registering the device (insmod).
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Intel working on new Meteor Lake L4 cache for faster next-gen Windows, Linux, Chrome booting
Intel is making a new L4 cache specifically designed for improving boot times on its next-gen Meteor Lake processors. This means we could expect faster booting on next-gen Windows 11, and more.