Enabling and Verifying ARM64 SVE Support in Linux
A practical guide to enabling ARM64 Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) in Linux: verify CPU support, configure the kernel, compile with -march=armv8.1-a+sve, and check binaries at runtime.
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Nim's ARC and ORC: Trading Garbage Collection Pauses for Ownership Discipline
Switching Nim from mark-and-sweep to ARC or ORC removes stop-the-world pauses but introduces new ownership rules. Learn how to choose the right --mm flag and avoid circular reference leaks.
Leveraging ARM64 AES and SHA Extensions for Faster Crypto
Learn how to enable and verify ARM64 AES and SHA hardware acceleration, with compile flags, assembly checks, and real-world benchmark numbers.
Haxe Conditional Compilation: One Codebase, Clean Output Per Target
Use Haxe's #if directives to keep platform-specific code out of the wrong target's build — with a worked Storage example and the pitfalls to watch.
haxeOptimizing Haxe Builds with Dead Code Elimination: A Practical Design Guide
Learn how Haxe’s dead‑code elimination flag trims output size, the assumptions behind it, and how to verify that only the needed code remains.
Why strictNullChecks Should Be Your First TypeScript Flag
TypeScript's strictNullChecks flag turns silent runtime null crashes into loud compile-time errors. Here's what it changes, a worked example, and how to adopt it without drowning in red squiggles.
Detecting Buffer Overflows with ARM64 Memory Tagging Extension
Learn how ARM64's Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) turns hardware tags into immediate exceptions for out‑of‑bounds accesses, and how to enable and verify it in Linux.
-fstack-protector-strong vs -fstack-protector-all under a runtime-overhead budget
A production GCC build requires stack-buffer-overflow mitigation under a runtime-overhead budget with attention to code size and instruction-cache effects. The decision is between -fstack-protector-strong and -fstack-protector-all, where coverage is not equivalent and overhead is workload and target dependent. The build may target a custom or freestanding C
OCaml compiler .cmt/.cmi and Dune cache invalidation on compiler flag changes
OCaml compiler emits .cmi and .cmt files that capture type information for later reuse. Dune orchestrates builds and reuses compiled .cmo and metadata artifacts based on source file timestamps and content. The integration boundary is unclear when compiler options such as -I include paths, -ccopt, or -g change. Dune currently does not treat flag changes as de
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