Brute Forcing FLAC Apodization Chains
Pushing FLAC compression toward its theoretical maximum requires a deep dive into its advanced apodization options… and a lot of computational power!
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Ubuntu 25.10: How to Revert to GNU Coreutils
Ubuntu 25.10's switch from GNU coreutils to the Rust-based uutils package was a bit premature, but thankfully it's easy enough to switch back!
Hello Mesozoic World: Enums and Macros
Working with simple enums at scale can be surprisingly hazardous, but declarative macros can make everything better again, at least once you figure out how they work.
Fixing Intel Meteor Lake: Less Is More
The inconsistent performance of Intel Meteor Lake CPUs can be easily fixed by disabling the problematic E-cores entirely.
Introducing Pxsum!
Pxsum is an x86-64 Linux CLI tool for calculating and verifying checksums corresponding to the decoded pixel data of image files.
Making Up Numbers: Constrained Numerical Types in Rust
When working with logically-constrained numerical values in Rust, exposing those constraints to the compiler can help it optimize away overflow/bounds checks.
Building a Custom XanMod Kernel on Ubuntu 23.10
The XanMod Linux kernel is impressive out of the box, but if you want to push it even further, you'll need to build it manually from source.
Introducing Rip Rip Hooray!
Rip Rip Hooray! is a fundamentally different kind of audio CD-ripper, one designed and optimized specifically for data recovery.
Installing CUETools 2.2.4 on Linux via WINE
With just a little bit of setup, Linux users can leverage CUETools' advanced verification and repair functionality.
Disabling Snap, and Keeping It Disabled
It is easy enough to uninstall snap from Ubuntu, but preventing Ubuntu from reinstalling it the each time you upgrade to a new release requires a bit more effort.