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I somehow had missed the annual “performance improvements in .net” post.
As usual, a delightful tour by Stephen, .net’s performance sommelier:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/performance-improvements-in-net-10/

Performance Improvements in .NET 10 - .NET Blog
Take a tour through hundreds of performance improvements in .NET 10.

From Translink
Customer-driven improvements are coming to Metro Vancouver transit
TransLink’s new five-year plan outlines 34 actions shaped by feedback, focused on reliability
Better real-time transit information, more reliable elevators and escalators, easier ways to report cleanliness issues, and continuing design work for Bus Rapid Transit are among the improvements TransLink is advancing through its new Customer Experience Action Plan.

An interview with Epic Games Store VP Steven Allison, who says "we have a lot of things" to fix and "the launcher sucks", on 2026 updates like social features (Chris Tapsell/Eurogamer.net)
https://www.

"The launcher sucks, let's call it what it is," Epic Game Store boss says, promising a year of big improvements to speed, new "forum-type" social features, more
Steven Allison acknowledges some people will always say "F— Epic", as Epic Games Store's focus finally shifts to player experience.

Identity improvements to NERDS
https://nerds.itu.dk/2026/01/01/identity-improvements-to-nerds/
Happy new year! 🎉

On the Electra C1845W freestanding slimline dishwasher: Review - New brand, some improvements! - https://m.earth.org.uk/note-on-Electra-C1845W-freestanding-slimline-dishwasher-REVIEW.html

On the Electra C1845W freestanding slimline dishwasher: Review
New brand, some improvements!

Good morning! Today it’s back to full time TelemetryDeck, plus a bit of working out! I also want to make January my Snow Leopard month where I don’t work on any new features, just bug fixes, improvements, and quality of life upgrades.

A technical deep dive into Amazon's Trainium3 accelerator, including its server SKUs' specifications, silicon design, power budget, and bill of materials (SemiAnalysis)
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/aws-trainium3-deep-dive-a-potential

AWS Trainium3 Deep Dive | A Potential Challenger Approaching
NL72x2/NL32x2 Scale Up Rack Architecture, Step-Function Software & System Improvements, Optimized Perf per TCO, “Amazon Basics” GB200 NVL36x2, Astera Labs, Trainium4

from my link log —
Evaluating TCP BBRv2 on the Dropbox edge network.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.07699
saved 2020-08-19 https://dotat.at/:/FHLM3.html

Evaluating BBRv2 on the Dropbox Edge Network
Nowadays, loss-based TCP congestion controls in general and CUBIC specifically became the de facto standard for the Internet. BBR congestion control challenges the loss-based approach by modeling the network based on estimated bandwidth and round-trip time. At Dropbox, we've been using BBRv1 since 2017 and are accustomed to its pros and cons. BBRv2 introduces a set of improvements to network modeling (explicit loss targets and inflight limits) and fairness (differential probing and headroom for…

I switched up to RAR 7.20b3. Not a lot of change for Linux users as most of the improvements are for the in the GUI (so Windows only a.k.a. WinRAR).
However you can now use $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/rar (which normally expands to $HOME/.config/rar) to store your .rarrc configuration file, which, you know… just keeps everything neater. 🤷 I'll take it. 😉

Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X2 Plus chips for PCs, available in 10-core and 6-core variants, manufactured on TSMC's N3P node using Qualcomm's Oryon architecture (Jake Roach/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshar…

Qualcomm expands Snapdragon on Windows with X2 Plus – 10-core ARM CPU boasts 35% single-core jump
A 10-core replacement and a new 6-core variant, both bringing big single-threaded improvements.