Tip of the day: gcc address sanitizer
Today I’m going to show you how effectively solve painful issues related to memory corruption occurrences.
Yet another top-friend: irqtop
Some time ago I wrote an article about top-tools. Today I’d like to add another one to the list, that is, irqtop which is very useful for performance measurements and investigations. I may be biased a little bit because I have contributed to that project but the tool has given me help in many cases […]
Linux top-tools: performance measurements
This article presents a short list of very useful tools which are used for getting some information about what’s going on in our Linux system. These tools show some of the system’s resources utilization and saturation. Top-tools share one common property, that is, give a snapshot of certain properties in real time. Also they work […]
Behind the scenes: Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies are really hot and attract attention of the broader public. But a few of us really know what sits behind the curtain. Today I’m going to give you a short overview of the technological side of Bitcoin. However, I’m not going to focus on economics or social impact of cryptocurrencies. The whole concept is […]
std::vector vs sorted std::vector vs std::set
In this short article I’m going to make a comparison between std::vector, sorted std::vector and std::set. However, I’m going to focus only on one aspect – which collection is faster during lookup. Looks like the answer is rather trivial – std::map and sorted std::vector offer access to any element in O(log n) time while unsorted […]
New word order – sorting
Almost every modern language comes with sorting procedures. Is there any reason to dive into? Very often it doesn’t matter which sorting procedure we select. Especially when we’re sorting a relatively small set of data, say, less than 1000 records, and the performance is not critical. Moreover, some languages give no options but one sorting […]
Ethereal stuff – volatile
In this article I’m going to share some details about the volatile keyword available in a number of programming languages like C++, C, Java. During my professional career, I have found out that the volatile type qualifier is frequently misunderstood and, what is even worse, incorrectly used (leading to nasty bugs). I’ll show the differences […]