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No June 4 Tuesday Zoom

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Cary Millsap

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Canceled: June 4 Tuesday Zoom

There will be no Tuesday Zoom call this Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Sadly, a family friend has passed away, and her funeral service is scheduled for the same time as our call.

I’ll plan to see you again on Tuesday, June 11.

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The Fundamental Challenge of Computer System Performance

This week’s featured article is one of my favorites from 2015.

The fundamental challenge of computer system performance is for your system to have enough power to handle the work you ask it to do. It sounds really simple, but helping people meet this challenge has been the point of my whole career. It has kept me busy for 26 years, and there’s no end in sight.… See more ›​

How to Make Things Faster

If it’s not written down, then it didn’t happen… At least not the way you’ll remember it.

Find out why in chapter 108 of How to Make Things Faster, available at Amazon or wherever you buy books and audiobooks.

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