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GNU Units (gnu.org)
L 35 pts 15 comments by op Jan 30, 2026 cmath Systems / Low-Level / OSScience / Math / Physics thread
The Dank Case For Scrolling Window Managers (tedium.co)
L 31 pts 20 comments by calvin Jan 30, 2026 linux Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
MicroPythonOS - The Ultimate MicroPython Operating System (micropythonos.com)
L 9 pts 2 comments by snej Jan 29, 2026 osdevpython Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Narwhal: an extensible pub/sub messaging server for edge applications (github.com)
L 8 pts 1 comments by ortuman Jan 29, 2026 distributedrust Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
hi there! i’ve been working on a project called Narwhal, and I wanted to share it with the community to get some valuable feedback. what is it? Narwhal is a lightweight Pub/Sub server and protocol designed specifically for edge applications. while there are great tools out there like NATS or MQTT...
9front "GEFS SERVICE PACK 1" released (9front.org)
L 39 pts 0 comments by FedericoSchonborn Jan 29, 2026 osdevrelease Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
30 years of ReactOS (reactos.org)
L 77 pts 12 comments by FedericoSchonborn Jan 29, 2026 osdev Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Bf-Tree A Modern Concurrent Larger-Than-Memory Range Index (github.com)
L 18 pts 5 comments by neil_f Jan 29, 2026 compscidatabasesrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Paper: https://badrish.net/papers/bftree-vldb2024.pdf
"a bootstrap chain for NixOS which builds the whole system from a small hand-auditable binary seed" (chaos.social)
L 83 pts 14 comments by embedding-shapes Jan 28, 2026 nixsecurity Systems / Low-Level / OSSecurity / Privacy thread
Breaking Thunderbird Free from Linux Package Lag (blog.melashri.net)
L 4 pts 10 comments by abnercoimbre Jan 28, 2026 email Systems / Low-Level / OSInternet / Digital Culture thread
Ariel OS is a library operating system for secure, memory-safe, low-power Internet of Things, written in Rust (github.com)
L 32 pts 5 comments by prefork Jan 28, 2026 hardwarerust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Maker / DIY / HardwareCulture / Philosophy / History / ReadingInternet / Digital Culture thread
Accessing LUKS and ext4 drives from macOS (nmattia.com)
L 12 pts 3 comments by knl Jan 28, 2026 linuxmac Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
We read the JSON Schema spec so you don't have to (blog.dottxt.ai)
L 5 pts 0 comments by atocanist Jan 28, 2026 aicompilers AI / Machine LearningSystems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
Enforcing the structure of LLM outputs through JSON Schema constraints, without retry loops. This might be interesting if you're into constraint satisfaction, compilers, parsers, or improving the success rate of AI outputs via structured generation (also called constrained decoding).
Time Machine inside a FreeBSD jail (it-notes.dragas.net)
L 21 pts 6 comments by draga79 Jan 28, 2026 freebsdmac Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
Parametric CAD in Rust (campedersen.com)
L 5 pts 4 comments by fanf Jan 28, 2026 hardwarerust Systems / Low-Level / OSMaker / DIY / Hardware thread
Barev - XMPP flavoured p2p protocol (discourse.imfreedom.org)
L 23 pts 10 comments by norayr Jan 27, 2026 distributedlinuxnetworkingprivacy Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / InfrastructureSecurity / Privacy thread
A "Pure Go" Linux environment, written by Claude (jtolio.com)
L 28 pts 8 comments by jtolio Jan 27, 2026 govibecoding AI / Machine LearningSystems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
zlib-rs: a stable API and 30M downloads (trifectatech.org)
L 18 pts 3 comments by itamarst Jan 27, 2026 rustsecurity Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Security / Privacy thread
Introducing Amutable: the next generation of Linux systems, with integrity, determinism, and verification (amutable.com)
L 10 pts 2 comments by mariusor Jan 27, 2026 linuxsystemd Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Closing the gap, part 2: Probability and profitability (lukelau.me)
L 3 pts 0 comments by fanf Jan 27, 2026 compilersperformance Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Xfwl4: The roadmap for a Xfce Wayland Compositor (alexxcons.github.io)
L 72 pts 7 comments by ema-pe Jan 27, 2026 linuxrust Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
A Simple fwd_diff<T> for Forward-Mode AD in C++ (solidean.com)
L 1 pts 0 comments by LesleyLai Jan 27, 2026 c++math Systems / Low-Level / OSScience / Math / Physics thread
t: a concise language for manipulating text, replacing common usage patterns of Unix utilities like grep, sed, cut, awk, sort, and uniq (github.com)
L 65 pts 26 comments by runxiyu Jan 27, 2026 unixvibecoding AI / Machine LearningSystems / Low-Level / OS thread
The C-Shaped Hole in Package Management (nesbitt.io)
L 41 pts 17 comments by fanf Jan 27, 2026 cpythonrust Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Productivity / Career / Business thread
I made my own git (tonystr.net)
L 18 pts 3 comments by veqq Jan 27, 2026 rustvcs Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Reproducing a Tricky Bug in Minutes With a Custom Linux Scheduler Written in Java (mostlynerdless.de)
L 2 pts 0 comments by vi_mi Jan 27, 2026 debugginglinux Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
postmarketOS in 2026-01: monthly blog post reboot (postmarketos.org)
L 9 pts 1 comments by achill Jan 27, 2026 linuxmobile Systems / Low-Level / OSInternet / Digital Culture thread
Spinning around: Please don't (siliceum.com)
L 27 pts 1 comments by LesleyLai Jan 27, 2026 osdevperformance Systems / Low-Level / OSData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
For the love of Troff (2020) (schemamania.org)
L 15 pts 2 comments by mccd Jan 27, 2026 osdevpdfphilosophy Systems / Low-Level / OSCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Nixtamal: Fulfilling, Pure Input Pinning for Nix (nixtamal.toast.al)
L 31 pts 12 comments by toastal Jan 27, 2026 nixshow Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Writing a Lisp JIT Interpreter with GraalVM Truffle (kyo.iroiro.party)
L 15 pts 1 comments by abhin4v Jan 27, 2026 compilersjavalisp Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread