Really using the processors that you have

The new era (ok not that new anymore) of multiple processors gave us a lot of power, but this power is only taken if we can construct applications that can split a given work among different jobs, and when the task is split they are not blocking each other.

There is a lot of ways to do that, and Martin Thompson and Michael Barker discuss that in the Lock-free Algorithms.

Take a look, maybe your next project could benefit from that!

As it is a new way to go, I will finish with The Journey to the West from the amazing Princess Mononoke animation (this version interpreted by Eminence Symphony Orchestra).