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🚨 Alert! A software guru has graced us with the groundbreaking revelation that optimizing your memory subsystem can make your software faster. 🤯 Eighteen blog posts later, and we're still not sure if this is profound wisdom or just a desperate attempt to use the word "performance" more times than the number of readers. 📈📚
https://johnnysswlab.com/memory-subsystem-optimizations/ #softwareoptimization #performance #insights #memorysubsystem #techblogging #softwaredevelopment #HackerNews #ngated

Memory Subsystem Optimizations - Johnny's Software Lab

In this blog I wrote 18 blog posts about memory subsystem optimizations. By memory subsystem optimizations, I mean optimizations that aim at making software faster by better using the memory subsystem. Most of them are applicable to software that works with large datasets; but some of them are applicable to software that works with any… Read

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Michał Cichoń Oct 16

https://www.modular.com/blog/modular-25-6-unifying-the-latest-gpus-from-nvidia-amd-and-apple

#Modular #AIinfrastructure #GPU #NVIDIA #AMD #AppleSilicon #crossplatform #machinelearning #hardwareacceleration #softwareoptimization #performance #unifiedcompute

Modular: Modular 25.6: Unifying the latest GPUs from NVIDIA, AMD, and Apple

We’re excited to announce Modular Platform 25.6 – a major milestone in our mission to build AI’s unified compute layer. With 25.6, we’re delivering the clearest proof yet of our mission: a unified compute layer that spans from laptops to the world’s most powerful datacenter GPUs. The platform now delivers:

N-gated Hacker News Oct 4

🚀 Oh joy, another day in paradise for Mac users! Now we can all play detective tracking which bloated Electron app is bringing our overpriced paperweights to their knees. 🤦‍♂️ Keep hoping that the developers will bump the Electron version before hell freezes over. ❄️
https://avarayr.github.io/shamelectron/ #MacUsers #ElectronApps #PerformanceIssues #DeveloperHopes #SoftwareOptimization #HackerNews #ngated

Shamelectron - Electron Apps macOS Tahoe GPU Performance Tracker

Track which Electron apps have fixed the major GPU performance issue on macOS Tahoe. Real-time status monitoring of Electron app compatibility with macOS 26.

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Dominik Sep 5

I’ve already worked out specific ideas for which technologies to use, which components to select, and how to design the software to minimize power use. The next step is to test these solutions in practice. 

#TechDesign #HardwareDesign #SoftwareOptimization

Christian Langner

May 13, 2025

Carmack: World Could Run on Older Hardware if Software Optimization Was Priority
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/05/13/1321259/carmack-world-could-run-on-older-hardware-if-software-optimization-was-priority?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

#thumbsup #software #softwaredevelopment #softwareengineering #softwareoptimization

Carmack: World Could Run on Older Hardware if Software Optimization Was Priority - Slashdot

Gaming pioneer John Carmack believes we're not nearly as dependent on cutting-edge silicon as most assume -- we just lack the economic incentive to prove it. Responding to a "CPU apocalypse" thought experiment on X, the id Software founder and former Oculus CTO suggested that software inefficiency, ...

Hacker News May 13, 2025

The world could run on older hardware if software optimization was a priority

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1922100771392520710

#HackerNews #softwareoptimization #olderhardware #technews #sustainability #performance

John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) on X

I have also run this fun thought experiment! More of the world than many might imagine could run on outdated hardware if software optimization was truly a priority, and market price signals on scarce compute would make it happen. Rebuild all the interpreted microservice based

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Dyalog Sep 18, 2024

At #Dyalog24, John Daintree is exploring the limits of the Dyalog APL Interpreter. Some you might know, like the 15-rank maximum, and others you might not, like the depth limit of 256 parentheses

#APL #InterpreterLimits #TechDetails #SoftwareOptimization