Did you know you can flush the CPU caches with special intrinsic operations (on x86-64) and use DC CIVAC on the ARM?

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🧵 Visualizing struct memory layout in C

- Default: Natural alignment with padding
- Packed: No padding, minimal size
- Aligned: Specified alignment affects padding!

See how memory layout attributes affect the way memory is laid out

godbolt.org/z/c11Mzesa7

A visual explanation of priority inversion and inheritance: primarily used in real-time operating systems.

Source: wiki.linuxfoundation.org/realtime/doc...

Godbolt shows control graph for each function: Use `+ Add new... > Control Flow Graph`

You can see how the conditionals, loops, etc are generated.
godbolt.org/z/Mq3TesbaE

💡 Sometimes, it takes just a moment to fix hard-to-debug issues merely by looking at some of these visualizations.

I came across this fantastic playlist that talks about High-Performance Computer Architecture.

Videos are short to watch but rich in scope! Enjoyed the talks about CPU pipelines along with others.

www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

The state of language interop; C ABI drives it all.

💡 Remix the diagram with any language, and it still conveys perfectly.

A search engine for finding websites using a specific W3C API would be cool! Does it exist already?

Heard this often?- Browsers are multi-process and use Inter-Process Communication.
This guide provides the foundations of IPC in general; a must-read!

beej.us/guide/bgipc/

When a light drizzle wakes you up in the morning...

💡 Folks new to programming can use visualization to understand it better. One such way is to explore generated machine code for a given concept.

Sample code: godbolt.org/z/hPj6z6arT

Reminiscing over the years, I realized there are two key growth aspects: curiosity and discipline.

And what better than a bicycle to represent this journey?