Squashing Compilers

Squashing Compilers

From Two's Complement by Ben Rady and Matt Godbolt

August 10, 2025 · 42 min

About this episode

Matt vents about his struggles with systemd and CPU usage while Ben listens patiently.

Matt uses you as his therapist to vent about three days fighting systemd and boot time. Ben patiently listens while Matt explains why mounting things shouldn't consume 200% CPU. AWS sponsorship news provides a silver lining.

People in this episode

Host: Ben Rady

Guest: Matt

Topics covered

  • compilers
  • systemd
  • boot time
  • CPU usage
  • AWS sponsorship

Keywords

  • systemd
  • boot time
  • CPU
  • AWS
  • compilers
  • technology

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Organizations: systemd

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