BLOG & STUDY NOTES
Note: these posts started as handwritten study notes I take in GoodNotes while learning a new topic. Written the way I personally understand it at the time, then summarized and converted into blog-post form by my personal AI assistant. My phrasing and mental models while learning can be a little unconventional, so some things may read as a bit confusing. I review everything before approving a post, but it's still worth double-checking anything technical before relying on it. If something looks wrong, reach out! I'd genuinely like to discuss it :D
The Power of Nice and Renice in Production Linux Environments
A deep dive into Linux process prioritization with nice and renice commands, essential techniques for production system performance management.
Understanding Hugepages: Memory Management Optimization for High-Performance Systems
A deep dive into hugepages technology, benefits, configuration, and real-world use cases for database and virtualization performance optimization.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure BM Shapes: Performance Analysis and Selection Guide
A detailed technical analysis of OCI bare metal server shapes, performance benchmarks, and guidance on selecting the optimal shape for your workload.
Eliminating Overhead in Nested Virtualization (L1 → L2 Hypervisors)
A deep technical analysis of nested virtualization overhead and optimization techniques for running hypervisors inside hypervisors.
Out-of-Band Management and ILOM: Enterprise Server Remote Administration
A comprehensive technical deep dive into Out-of-Band management systems and Oracle's Integrated Lights Out Manager (ILOM) for enterprise server administration.
Understanding QEMU/KVM Virtualization
A deep dive into how QEMU and KVM work together to deliver near-native virtualization performance on Linux.
Debugging Linux Systems with GDB
Practical techniques for using GDB to debug userspace programs, shared libraries, and kernel modules on Linux.