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Stories by andyc

Why Create a New Unix Shell? (oilshell.org)
L 66 pts 27 comments by andyc Jan 29, 2018 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
I think most readers on lobste.rs understand the Oil project by now. However, reddit and Hacker News audiences don't yet understand it. If you're confused by anything in this doc, or think a first-time reader would be confused, let me know!
Bootstrap a Linux system from a 512 byte binary seed with 170 steps (github.com)
L 60 pts 9 comments by andyc Aug 25, 2024 compilerslinuxprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
Nine Reasons to Use OSH (oils.pub)
L 57 pts 64 comments by andyc Apr 22, 2025 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
How to write idempotent Bash scripts (2019) (arslan.io)
L 57 pts 18 comments by andyc Feb 11, 2022 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
You Can Now Try the Oil Language (oilshell.org)
L 57 pts 18 comments by andyc Oct 5, 2019 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Oils 0.22.0 - Docs, Pretty Printing, Nix, and Zsh (oilshell.org)
L 53 pts 11 comments by andyc Jun 20, 2024 releaseunix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Hay Ain't YAML - Custom Languages for Unix Systems (oilshell.org)
L 53 pts 17 comments by andyc Jun 24, 2022 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Parsing Protobuf at 2+GB/s: How I Learned To Love Tail Calls in C (blog.reverberate.org)
L 50 pts 7 comments by andyc Apr 25, 2021 performanceprogramming Programming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
An Opinionated Guide to xargs (oilshell.org)
L 49 pts 17 comments by andyc Aug 21, 2021 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Alternative Shells (github.com)
L 49 pts 26 comments by andyc Feb 13, 2021 unix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Oils 0.37.0 - Alpine Linux, YSH, and mycpp (oils.pub)
L 48 pts 5 comments by andyc Dec 11, 2025 releaseunix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Comments on Scripting, CGI, and FastCGI (oilshell.org)
L 48 pts 54 comments by andyc Jun 26, 2024 unixweb Web DevelopmentSystems / Low-Level / OS thread
A Retrospective on the Oils Project (oilshell.org)
L 45 pts 16 comments by andyc Sep 13, 2024 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
I'm Attending Recurse Center this Summer (oilshell.org)
L 44 pts 14 comments by andyc Mar 26, 2018 pythonunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Four Features That Justify a New Unix Shell (oilshell.org)
L 43 pts 25 comments by andyc Oct 22, 2020 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Is the transition to IPv6 inevitable? (ipv6.hanazo.no)
L 39 pts 59 comments by andyc Jun 2, 2025 networking Data / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Three Comics For Understanding Unix Shell (oilshell.org)
L 39 pts 0 comments by andyc Apr 7, 2020 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
CommonMark is a Useful, High-Quality Project (oilshell.org)
L 39 pts 18 comments by andyc Feb 14, 2018 programmingsecuritytestingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Security / Privacy thread
jaq: A jq clone focussed on correctness, speed, and simplicity (github.com)
L 38 pts 15 comments by andyc Nov 29, 2023 unix Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Alternative Regex Syntax (github.com)
L 34 pts 29 comments by andyc Feb 16, 2022 programming Programming (General) thread
Comments on Shared Unix Hosting vs. the Cloud (oils.pub)
L 33 pts 69 comments by andyc Feb 7, 2025 unixweb Web DevelopmentSystems / Low-Level / OS thread
Release of Oil 0.8.12 (oilshell.org)
L 33 pts 2 comments by andyc Jul 7, 2021 programmingreleaseunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Oil: Success With the Interactive Shell (oilshell.org)
L 32 pts 8 comments by andyc Feb 5, 2019 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Oil Doesn't Require Quoting Everywhere (oilshell.org)
L 31 pts 7 comments by andyc Apr 10, 2021 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Egg Expressions (Oil Regexes) (github.com)
L 31 pts 15 comments by andyc Sep 23, 2019 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Release of Oil Shell 0.7.pre1 (oilshell.org)
L 31 pts 17 comments by andyc Jul 19, 2019 programmingreleaseunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
c4: C in four functions (github.com)
L 29 pts 1 comments by andyc Aug 26, 2023 compilerscompsci Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
The Internet Was Designed With a Narrow Waist (oilshell.org)
L 29 pts 24 comments by andyc Feb 27, 2022 programmingscalingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Productivity / Career / BusinessInternet / Digital Culture thread
The Biggest Shell Programs in the World (wiki) (github.com)
L 28 pts 4 comments by andyc Dec 7, 2024 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
[ Is a Builtin, But [[ Is Part of the Shell Language (2016) (oilshell.org)
L 28 pts 10 comments by andyc Oct 1, 2020 programmingunix Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread