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The secret life of data in Valkey

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-07-26 Cached

Valkey uses different encodings like listpack and hashtable for its data types to balance memory and performance; understanding these internal structures can lead to significant memory savings.

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Why don’t we just make the entire stack out of guard pages?

The Old New Thing (Raymond Chen) · 2026-07-13 Cached

The article explains why making the entire stack out of guard pages is problematic, as it could lead to unbounded memory allocation and system hangs. Instead, fixed guard pages are preferred for bounded fault handling.

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Understanding the Linux Kernel: The Scheduler

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-27 Cached

A detailed technical article explaining the Linux kernel scheduler, including task_struct, scheduling classes, context switching, and the EEVDF algorithm.

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How (and why) rqlite takes control of the SQLite Write-Ahead Log

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-13 Cached

This article explains how rqlite, a distributed SQLite database, takes control of SQLite's Write-Ahead Log to enable efficient snapshotting for Raft consensus, avoiding full database copies by using the WAL as incremental state.

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