Poppler is a widely used PDF rendering library. It also provides a collection of utilities to work with PDF files via command line. These tools allow you to extract text...
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The mold is a linker for Unix systems, designed as a fast, drop-in replacement for tools like GNU ld and LLVM lld. By optimizing parallelism and memory usage, it delivers...
When working with Node.js and npm, you may encounter situations where certain configuration values don't behave as expected. This usually happens because npm reads configs from multiple locations, and higher-precedence...
In software development, maintaining a large codebase often involves updating APIs, replacing old functions, or removing unsafe code. However, simply deleting old code can break existing programs that still rely...
When working with Linux binaries, one common headache is shared libraries loading issues. You might also run into runtime problems where symbol resolution goes wrong, and the wrong version of...
In C++, the main function is always the official entry point of a program. However, sometimes we want to execute certain code before main starts. For example, we may need...
Compiling large applications can take a lot of time, especially during development when small changes often trigger rebuilds. Sccache, a modern caching tool and an alternative to Ccache, helps mitigate...
Ccache stores compiled objects and related metadata in a cache directory. Over time, the cache can become large, which might put pressure on the disk if not properly managed. To...
When using Ccache to speed up compilation, all cached object files and metadata are stored in a local directory. By default, on most systems, this directory is located inside the...
Ccache helps developers save valuable time by reusing previously compiled objects, significantly reducing build times during recompilation. However, a common challenge when working with Ccache is figuring out which configuration...