Steve Scargall

Linux 7.2’s VFIO pull request dropped a commit with a codename I hadn’t seen before: Blackwell-Next.

The Linux Kernel v7.1 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

I help maintain MemMachine — an open-source long-term memory layer for AI agents.

I jumped on the trend of running local LLMs and agents and was having a lot of fun until my agents kept failing, timing out, and just stopping without any obvious reason.

ZeroClaw is an open-source agent runtime.

Introduction Running large language models is increasingly affordable — but “affordable” rarely means “free, all the time, for every request.”

This is a vLLM Recipe - a production-ready Docker Compose configuration for running open-weight models on local hardware.

Modern AI agents — Claude Code, Codex, OpenClaw, Hermes-Agent, and custom LangChain pipelines — need a way to read the web.

A core engineer on MemMachine — the one who owned the Semantic Memory subsystem — left the project.

The Linux Kernel v7.0 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

The NVIDIA Developer Program provides access to a wide catalog of AI models through NVIDIA Inference Microservices (NIM), offering an OpenAI-compatible API.

The Linux Kernel v6.19 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

Series: Building lib3mf-rs This post is part of a 5-part series on building a comprehensive 3MF library in Rust: Part 1: My Journey Building a 3MF Native Rust Library from Scratch Part 2: The Library Landscape - Why Build Another One?

Series: Building lib3mf-rs This post is part of a 5-part series on building a comprehensive 3MF library in Rust: Part 1: My Journey Building a 3MF Native Rust Library from Scratch Part 2: The Library Landscape - Why Build Another One?

Series: Building lib3mf-rs This post is part of a 5-part series on building a comprehensive 3MF library in Rust: Part 1: My Journey Building a 3MF Native Rust Library from Scratch Part 2: The Library Landscape - Why Build Another One?

Series: Building lib3mf-rs This post is part of a 5-part series on building a comprehensive 3MF library in Rust: Part 1: My Journey Building a 3MF Native Rust Library from Scratch Part 2: The Library Landscape - Why Build Another One?

For the past few years, I’ve been getting more and more into 3D printing as a hobbyist.

The Linux Kernel v6.18 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

OrcaSlicer is a powerful and popular slicer for 3D printers, known for its rich feature set and active development community.

Building OrcaSlicer from source on macOS 15 (15.6.1 Sequoia) can be straightforward, but recent changes in macOS, Xcode, and CMake require some extra care.

The Linux Kernel v6.17 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

This article is a detailed guide on how to build the latest version of the acpidump tool from its source code.

The Linux Kernel v6.16 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

Persistent memory (PMEM), especially when accessed via technologies like CXL, promises the best of both worlds: DRAM-like speed with the durability of an SSD.

Are you curious whether your application’s memory-mapped files are really using Intel Optane Persistent Memory (PMem), Compute Express Link (CXL) Non-Volatile Memory Modules (NV-CMM), or another DAX-enabled persistent memory device?

CXL (Compute Express Link) memory devices are revolutionizing server architectures, but they also introduce new NUMA complexity, especially when advanced memory configurations, such as Sub-NUMA Clustering (SNC), are enabled.

Last Updated: June 2, 2026 This guide provides a curated list of generally available (GA) Compute Express Link (CXL) devices, fabric components, and memory appliances.

Last Updated: June 2, 2026 This quick-reference guide provides a definitive, up-to-date list of generally available (GA) Compute Express Link (CXL) servers from major OEMs including Dell, HPE, Lenovo, and Supermicro.

GitHub Codespaces and other cloud IDEs have revolutionized development, offering a complete VS Code environment that runs on a remote server and is accessible from any browser.

As a Linux System Administrator working with Compute Express Link (CXL) memory devices, you should be aware that as of Linux Kernel 6.3, Type 3 CXL.mem devices are now automatically brought online as memory-only NUMA nodes.

The Linux Kernel v6.15 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

If you love customizing your Linux terminal and getting a quick, visually appealing overview of your system specs, you might have used neofetch in the past.

Part of being in tech, especially in emerging memory technology, is constantly switching between the serious and the surreal.

If you’re working with Compute Express Link (CXL) and wish you had an AI assistant trained on all the different versions of the specification—1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1… you’re in luck.

The Linux Kernel 6.14 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

The Linux Kernel v6.14 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

Building NDCTL with Meson on Ubuntu 24.04 The NDCTL package includes the cxl, daxctl, and ndctl utilities.

In today’s Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and high-performance computing (HPC) landscape, memory bandwidth is a critical factor in determining overall system performance.

The Linux Kernel 6.13 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

Introduction Cloud images are pre-configured, optimized templates of operating systems designed specifically for cloud and virtualized environments.

How to Perform Remote Code Development Using VS Code on a Remote AWS EC2 Instance via SSH Remote development has become a crucial tool for developers, enabling the convenience of coding and deploying directly to remote environments.

Featured image generated by ChatGPT 4o model: “a low poly woodchuck by a serene lake, surrounded by mountains and a forest with tree leaves made from DDR memory modules.

Memory management is crucial for Linux administrators and developers, especially when optimizing performance for resource-intensive applications.

This article was inspired by a LinkedIn post by Dennis Kennetz .

As a product manager, the success of our products depends on our ability to make informed, strategic decisions quickly and efficiently.

The Linux Kernel 6.10 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

I’m always watching the Linux Kernel for new and exciting features that are merged for Compute Express Link (CXL).

The Linux Kernel 6.9 release brings several improvements and additions related to Compute Express Link (CXL) technology.

Introduction Open WebUI and Ollama are powerful tools that allow you to create a local chat experience using GPT models.

In this blog post, we will walk through the process of enabling the Linux Kernel Transparent Page Placement (TPP) feature with CXL memory mapped as NUMA nodes using the system-ram namespace.