#drewdevault 's #article on #plan 9 is pretty cool, there is a lot I didn't know about the #research #os that seems obvious when it's said outloud: https://drewdevault.com/2022/11/12/In-pr.. Opening a #socket for example is insanely simple. I really hope that #unix can borrow more of these ideas.
Very nice #utilities included with #moreutils https://joeyh.name/code/moreutils/ Definitely worth checking out these #unix #tools !
#pine 's #pindio #stack as written about by #jf is pretty exciting! https://codingfield.com/blog/2021-12/fir.. Great to hear that it could make the basis for a new #pinetime ! It could even be possible it runs some for of *very small* #linux / #unix #kernel ! It has #lora , #gps , #wifi , #bluetooth , #memory , #heartrate #sensor , #compass , #usb - this little thing is simple insanely well equipped!
I like the #idea of being able to #run a stripped down #unix #port on a #microcontroller https://hackaday.com/2021/11/19/run-unix.. As some of the #article 's #comments suggest, the article reads a little weirdly, but the idea is still cool. I wonder whether it could be possible to get one of the early #linux #kernels #compiled for something like an #arduino or #esp #device ?
Very interesting #discussion on how #pipes work in the #unix #context https://www.netmeister.org/blog/ipcbufs... This is particularly interesting because of a #coffeespace #article I wrote recently on #fastyes https://coffeespace.org.uk/projects/fast.. Unfortunately I wasn't able to make any #improvements on existing #solutions - but it was a good #rabbithole nevertheless!
The #unix #philosophy us a pretty powerful one - #doonethingwell https://blog.kellybrazil.com/2019/11/26/.. #jc is a nice little program for #parsing #json data on the #commandline - I have personally used it and was quite impressed. Highly recommended.
Interesting, it seems like #linux and #unix really do not handle large numbers of #file or #directories gracefully: http://be-n.com/spw/you-can-list-a-milli.. A #hackernews #comment points out that you get some #memoryleak like behaviour if you put too many files into a directory: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=281.. Seems to me as if the #ext #developers should have implemented #autoshrink anyway for completeness - this will only ever create #bugs ...