Posts tagged: performance
The Latency Tax: Internet Polling vs Process Births
My Ryzen 7 runs CI bare-metal yet jobs still wait. Two taxes explain it: NAT long-polling to reach my machine, and 600 JVM births to check 200 posts. Numbers, causes, and what actually fixes each.
CachyOS Kernel vs Arch Kernel — What 1.4MB of Compiler Flags Actually Buy You
CachyOS ships a performance-engineered kernel with Clang+ThinLTO, PGO, BOLT, and multiple scheduler choices. Here's what each optimization actually does and whether it matters on desktop.
Why "Same Version" Pipewire Consumes More Disk on CachyOS — Compiler Optimization Explained
CachyOS rebuilds Pipewire with aggressive compiler flags (-O3, -march=x86-64-v3, LTO). Same upstream version, 1.4MB more disk. Here's why the size difference exists and whether it matters.
Local vs. Cloud Inference: Keeping Your Laptop Cool and Quiet Under Load
How to diagnose thermal profiles, understand the difference between local vs. cloud AI inference on hardware, and configure Linux power profiles to reduce laptop fan noise during heavy tasks.
5.2 MB to 169 KB — Performance Auditing a Static Blog
My blog's homepage was 5.2 MB. The fix was a 5-line template change. Here's the audit, the fix, and the general lesson about static site performance.