Assorted links for Thursday, January 16:

1. Fast commits for ext4

   The Linux 5.10 release included a change that is expected to significantly increase the performance of the ext4 filesystem; it goes by the name “fast commits” and introduces a new, lighter-weight journaling method.

2. Building Faster AMD64 Memset Routines
3. How NuGet resolves package dependencies
4. Maximizing Developer Effectiveness
5. What’s good about offset pagination; designing parallel cursor-based web APIs