Squeezing out complexity

Posted Feb 3, 2026 4:18 UTC (Tue) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198)
Parent article: Modernizing swapping: introducing the swap table

I love a good refactor which thoroughly understands the problem and the implementation, then removes all the added complexity which accretes after many years of targeted low-risk changes, ripping out redundant layers and leaving with something faster and simpler than before which better fits the system around it that it supports.