A guide to building a real-time CPU monitor for macOS using xbar, with a focus on identifying problematic VS Code extensions.
A guide to speeding up Python code using four practices: efficiency, compilation, parallelism, and process, achieving a 330x speedup.
A developer shares controversial C++ engineering decisions in the SumatraPDF codebase, focusing on performance, simplicity, and maintainability.
Announcing Neodrag v3 Alpha, a complete rewrite of the JavaScript drag-and-drop library for major frameworks, focusing on performance and extensibility.
Highlights key performance improvements in .NET 10, including stack allocation optimizations and delegate escape analysis, with benchmark comparisons.
Introduction to Java 25's new experimental CPU-time profiler, explaining its advantages over the current JFR method sampler.
A guide for developers to track upcoming .NET features by exploring GitHub repositories, issues, labels, and milestones.
A developer's story about using git-bisect to diagnose a performance regression and the importance of proactive performance testing in software development.
Explains why iterating over a concrete List<T> in C# is faster than iterating over an IList<T> interface, covering boxing and virtual method overhead.
Explores the concept of software benchmarks as falsifiable hypotheses for predicting real-world system performance, not just speed tests.
Benchmarking pg_dump performance across PostgreSQL versions 10-18, revealing speed changes and regression in recent versions.
FrankenPHP, a high-performance PHP server built with Go and Caddy, is now officially supported by the PHP Foundation, marking a major step in modernizing PHP.
Explores performance improvements in .NET 10's HttpClient, focusing on reduced memory allocation and faster response times for streaming data.
Explores the synergy between observability and performance in modern software, highlighting tools like Jaeger and Prometheus for microservices.
A guide to fixing YouTube video stuttering on OnePlus phones, including clearing cache and removing the Alibaba app.
Explains how FrankenPHP's new watcher feature, combined with worker mode, dramatically speeds up Symfony development by eliminating slow cache regeneration.
A developer explores package manager performance by building a custom tool, benchmarking it against bun, and analyzing the results.
Analyzes the pros and cons of replacing GNU coreutils with a Rust implementation, focusing on security and performance arguments.
Argues for hybrid linters combining native-speed parsing with TypeScript-based rules for optimal performance and developer experience in web development.
Microsoft is developing a new TypeScript compiler in Go, promising 10x speed improvements over the current TypeScript-based compiler.
