the.com/scheduler
the tiny tyrant deciding whose turn it is to think.
means a system that decides which task gets the cpu, and when, so everything feels like it's happening at once.
from from schedula, latin for a little scroll of notes — appropriately, a list nobody enjoys reading but everything depends on.
os coreevery operating system has one, hidden and unthanked
round robinone classic method just takes turns fairly
starvation riskbadly designed ones let low-priority tasks wait forever
humans tooyour calendar app is just a slower, guiltier version