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Stop being nice !

In Linux, nice guys (tasks) finish last. Literally. On systems supporting multiple runnable tasks, each task is assigned a priority. Higher priority runnable tasks get CPU before the lower priority ones and tasks with the same priority get CPU in a round robin way. Linux uses separate priority ranges for

If You Have Two Truths, One Is a Lie

Always maintain a 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 (𝗦𝗦𝗢𝗧). It means 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲. This concept can save you a lot of headaches. Here’s what it looks like in practice: APIs: Keep a single, authoritative document for all your APIs. Learning: Use one central database for all your knowledge on a specific sub

More isn't always better

Despite the BingChat Notebook's generous 18,000 character limit, I continue to use the classic version, which supports only up to 4,000 characters. Why? The simplicity of pressing 'Enter' to search feels right, while the 'Shift + Enter' required in the Notebook disrupts my

20 Years of Roots, Branches, and Beyond

When I was a child, I once asked my dad, "When is the best time to plant a tree?" He told me, "Twenty years ago." Back then, I could barely grasp the concepts of time and the significance of a tree. Yet, few had the foresight

Be the Best by Being You

How do you know if you're not being authentic to yourself? Pay attention to how preoccupied you are with competing against others. That's a sign you're brewing the wrong potion – the "comparison concoction." A recipe guaranteed to taste like disappointment. Competitiveness becomes

Are You the Monkey, or the One Holding the Bananas?

You’re a monkey who loves bananas. The forest is so fork-in' big. You observe the forest and try to stay in areas with more bananas. But there's a problem. The forest has plants that look like bananas but aren't. Social media is that forest.

Don’t Be That Guy With 187,2960 Unread Articles

Boy find a good article. Boy want to read. Boy no time now. Boy bookmark it or boy read later. Boy confused. We've all been there. Reality is, most of those saves are less likely to be resurrected than an ancient pharaoh. If you're going to

Are interrupts really interruptions?

Perhaps not. Devices generate interrupts to seek the processor's attention. Controllers routes the interrupts to the appropriate CPU core. Just like the iconic Charon of the Continental (PS. Don’t tell me you never watched John Wick!). Ring ring, hello yes? Mr. Processor, I have an urgent telegram

From Specialists to Alchemists: The New Edge in the AI Era

Specialization used to be the golden rule, but the game has changed! Mere expertise in a single skill is no longer enough to thrive. You must become the modern multifaceted expert. You need to 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 "𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑒” - 𝑎 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑔𝑎𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑠 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑙𝑦 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘. Think of it as putting t

Code Is Influence.

If you are a developer, you are an Influencer. And you need to know this. Consider these scenarios: Musicians vs. Listeners (Music) Seeders vs. Leechers (Torrents) Teachers vs. Students (Education) Writers vs. Readers (Writing) Pause. Think for a while. What do you see? An imbalance. What do these imbalances reveal?