2025 / Week 36

The Intel 285K CPU in my high-end 2025 Linux PC died again! 😡 Notably, this was the replacement CPU for the original 285K that died in March, and after reading through the reviews of Intel CPUs on my electronics store of choice, many of which (!) mention CPU replacements, I am getting the impression that Intel’s current CPUs just are not stable 😞. Therefore, I am giving up on Intel for the coming years and have bought an AMD Ryzen 9950X3D CPU instead.

A brief guide to upgrading from VCF5.X to VCF9 on a brownfield site.

I use Homebrew all the time. Whenever I see a new CLI that offers an npm or uv install path alongside a brew one, I choose brew every single time.
And yet, when…

After publishing my long awaited Automated VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 9.0 Lab Deployment Script yesterday, I already had a request for a simliar solution to deploy VMware vSphere Foundation (VVF…

A Jujutsu tutorial that requires no previous experience with Git or other version control systems.

Hardware got wider, not faster. More cores, more bandwidth, huge vector units — but clocks, IPC, and latency flatlined. Old rules like “memory is faster than disk” are breaking. To go fast today, you

Sourcing data directly from diskISfaster than caching in memory. I brought receipts.
Because hardware got wider but not faster, the old methods don't get you there. You need new tools to use what is

Some thoughts in support of simple solutions.

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WinBoat lets you run any Windows application on Linux with seamless desktop integration. Elegant interface, automated installs, filesystem integration, and native OS-level windows.

Image Factory generates customized Talos Linux images based on configured schematics.