You may have noticed Vulkan offers vkMergePipelineCaches. The reason behind this (or at least, one of the reasons) is extreme concurrency (Amdahl’s Law). However, most people create just one VkPipelineCache for the entire app and then forget about. Specially because of how simple it is to setup just one VkPipelineCache […]
I believe invasive SW like CrowdStrike should rarely need to be installed. It can make sense to install it in an employer-provided laptop because lots of people like to click on whatever link they receive and install whatever app they see. The employee is in full control of the laptop […]
Today I tried Xubuntu 24.04 (with an X, but the bug applies to Ubuntu as well) inside VirtualBox and first thing I noticed is that it was crashing. A lot. And I am not alone. After a quick digging, the installer heavily relies on OpenGL. But it’s not behaving properly. […]
