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I like the Studio but currently, Apple is limiting the ram to 64GB. The Macbook Pro with M5 you can get 128GB of ram. I've got an M1 studio and i'm looking to upgrade when the M5 s…

I started using Linux with Redhat but when they stopped doing the free version (sometime in the late 90's) I wanted to switch to Debian so I used Knoppix as a stepping stone to get…

I'm really enjoying this article. Many years ago when I created LTSP I had to dive in and understand how the whole bzImage and initrd worked so we could fetch a kernel with tftp an…

Containers are built on some really cool features of the Linux kernel: cgroups, namespaces and bind mounts. Once you understand that, then it's clear that the differences in Docker…

Containers have become the standard way for deploying applications on servers and the web and sometimes even on the desktop. In this RuntimeArguments episode we dive into what cont…

Damn paywalls! Sorry, I shouldn't be so negative. I'd just like to be able to read the article.

I love it when I learn something new. It's even better when I learn multiple things. I've been using Postgres for over 20 years and I didn't know about auto_explain and fastupdate …

Thank you for this article about the Kinesis. A good friend of mine loves his and every once in a while I consider trying it but I've worried about all that muscle memory. Your rev…

I like how the article describes how certificates work for both client and server. I know a little bit about it but what I read helps to reinforce what I already know and it taught…

I've loved programming my whole life. Something happens inside my brain when I'm solving a problem. I think it's a release of endorphins or something that has a calming effect. Whe…

I remember those things. One of the first computers I programmed on starting my career in 1984. We had a variation of the Tower, I think it was called the 'iTower'. It didn't run U…

I'm a bit color blind and it might be quite common to show errors in red but when the background is black, I can't see it at all.

I've been using Git for 9 years and I learn new stuff all the time. This podcast episode dives into all of the questions I've had over the years and touches on some new things that…

Git is an amazing tool for managing your source code. Lots of people use it every day but most people barely scratch the surface of what git can do. In this episode, we dive in and…

Data centers are sprouting up every where. Do we really need more of them? In this episode, Jim and Wolf talk about what data centers are, how prevalent they are and what it takes …

Does my key fob have more computing power than the Lunar Lander? In this episode of Runtime Arguments that just dropped today, Wolf and I dive into that question and we reveal some…