sprites

Fly.io 介绍了 Sprites Block Device（SBD），用一个更简单的块设备方案取代了之前魔改的 JuiceFS 存储栈，以提升 Sprites 的可靠性并消除元数据不一致问题。

Fly.io CEO Kurt Mackey steps down, replaced by Scott Johnston, as the company pivots focus to its Sprites product for AI agents and raises new funding.

The article explains how the SNES PPUs render sprites and backgrounds under tight VRAM bandwidth constraints, describing the hardware trade-offs in different video modes.