The sound of silence
This song is just magical. After almost 20 years… It brings back good old memories… Simon’s and Garfunkel’s voices are just surreal. Something calm in the midst of a chaotic …
On becoming a people empowerer
Notes about being people manager A short note to self, after reading several books on managements (Good to Great, Build to Last, How Google Works, Start with Why, Steve Jobs …
Outlive the pandemic
How the darkest hours would bring the best out of everyone
Checking for ECC RDIMM vs. UDIMM
Recently, I wanted upgrade my workstation from 64GB to 128GB to cater for a potential test with databases; I also want to give a boost to my freeNAS & home …
Latency numbers that every software engineer should know
Latency Numbers (circa 2012) L1 cache reference ……………………. 0.5 ns Branch mispredict ………………………. 5 ns L2 cache reference ……………………… 7 ns Mutex lock/unlock ……………………… 25 ns Main memory reference …………………. …