The Linux Boot Process: From Power Button to Kernel
Saturday. October 25, 2025 – 15 mins Part 1 — From power button to the kernel’s first breath You press the power button. A second later a wall of text scrolls by, or a logo fades in, and eventually Linux appears. What happens in between is not magic. It is a careful handshake between tiny […]
How programs get run: ELF binaries (2015)
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An Efficient Implementation of SELF (1989) [pdf]
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Nisus Writer: Schrödinger’s Word Processor
At this moment, Nisus Writer is essentially Schrödinger’s word processor: it is simultaneously dead and alive, and there’s no way to know more than that right now. We do know that apps, like cats, don’t live long without care and feeding. So, the longer it takes to open the metaphorical box, the more likely it […]
ARM Memory Tagging: how it improves C/C++ memory safety (2018) [pdf]
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Show HN: Diagram as code tool with draggable customizations
oxdraw_demo.mov The goal of oxdraw is to make it easy to create and maintain high-quality diagrams using a declarative and reproducible syntax. Charts are written in Mermaid syntax, while a web interface allows users to fine-tune positions connector paths, colors, and other styling components. Whenever a diagram is tweaked visually, the structural changes are persisted […]
Project Amplify: Powered footwear for running and walking
Nike is unveiling Project Amplify: the world’s first powered footwear system for running and walking, designed to help everyday athletes go a little bit faster and farther — all with less effort. Engineered to augment natural lower leg and ankle movement, the Project Amplify system breaks the perception of possibility by providing an unparalleled boost […]
Agent Lightning: Train agents with RL (no code changes needed)
The absolute trainer to light up AI agents. Join our Discord community to connect with other users and contributors. ⚡ Core Features Turn your agent into an optimizable beast with ZERO CODE CHANGE (almost)! 💤 Build with ANY agent framework (LangChain, OpenAI Agent SDK, AutoGen, CrewAI, Microsoft Agent Framework…); or even WITHOUT agent framework (Python […]
Testing out BLE beacons with BeaconDB
What on earth is beaconDB? I’ve been using GrapheneOS for about half a year now. Back in March they added support for network based location.[^0] This means you no longer need to rely on Google’s location services. Looking into how the system works sent me down yet another rabbit hole of reading. Anyways, in 2013 […]
California invests in battery energy storage, leaving rolling blackouts behind
For decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves that drove them. But the state has undergone a quiet shift in recent years, and the California Independent System Operator hasn’t issued a single one of those […]