Most mainstream databases implement some form of “incremental” backup. If you’ve already performed a backup, subsequent ones can be done by only transferring what has changed since your last backup. It’s a clever optimization. But it turns out, in many cases a full backup is much faster than an incremental one.| Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech
Your laptop spends all day lying to you. If you want your code to run well on server hardware, best write it on server hardware.| Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech
If you’re stuck working from home for a few weeks due to coronavirus, welcome to remote work life! Here are some things that I’ve seen make remote life successful.| Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech
Your Makefiles are full of tabs and errors. An opinionated approach to writing (GNU) Makefiles that I learned from Ben may still be able to salvage them.| Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech
If you are familiar with stack machines, it turns out that you also understand the broad strokes of how most US legislative bodies operate. Seeing the commonality will instill in you the sense of awe that only reading execution traces from an operational quarter millennia old computer can.| Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech
On this blog, I write about software engineering. You can find me on twitter, @jakewins When the weather allows, I document building an off-grid A-frame on Youtube. Related to the cabin, I maintain a database of solar panel prices and some calculators to design arrays at AnalyzeSolar.| Jacob Davis-Hansson on Tech