This is on my to do list of things to learn but I also don't know yet the purpose other than it being your own. Maybe security since most of what I work with is on top of the OS eg. programming languages. Maybe for RTOS applications at any rate this and OS Dev good resources.
Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro
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#52This article brilliantly demonstrates the elegance of simplicity in systems design, proving that even complex concepts like operating systems can be demystified with clarity and minimalism. It's a reminder that understanding fundamentals often unlocks deeper innovation. How might this inspire rethinking other "big" systems?
this comment reads... a lot like chatgpt
I always use an LLM to recraft my comments to ensure they are clear (English isn't my first language). Is that not allowed here?
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#53Someone probably has a python one-liner for it on leetcode
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#54I'd love to try implementing this in some other languages.
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#55Earlier quoted context omitted.
this comment reads... a lot like chatgpt
I always use an LLM to recraft my comments to ensure they are clear (English isn't my first language). Is that not allowed here?
HN ostensibly tries to have thoughtful, engaged conversations. LLM grammatical cleanups and translations are absolutely fair game. The comment has certain hallmarks (broad, sweeping summary, certain word choices, ...) suggesting that an LLM had more creative liberty than HN really likes to see -- in sort of an Uncanny Valley situation, it's hard to tell if the LLM produced the post or if a person did (plus, somebody apparently went digging and didn't see a lot of value in your other comments while also finding self-endorsements, which paints this one in a worse light).
You might have better luck with prompts that try to adhere better to your intent:
> English is not my first language. Please correct the spelling/grammar and perhaps teach me up to one idiom that would fit well in the following comment, but leave the meat of the message largely the same.
> Please translate the following [franglish/spanglish/(English mixed with a few words from your native language as appropriate to better convey your point)] to English suitable for a forum post.
Re: Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro
#56The article nicely explains how to build a minimalist OS — works great as an intro material. I think understanding basic OS concepts is essential for performance tuning and debugging.
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I always use an LLM to recraft my comments to ensure they are clear (English isn't my first language). Is that not allowed here?
HN ostensibly tries to have thoughtful, engaged conversations. LLM grammatical cleanups and translations are absolutely fair game. The comment has certain hallmarks (broad, sweeping summary, certain word choices, ...) suggesting that an LLM had more creative liberty than HN really likes to see -- in sort of an Uncanny Valley situation, it's hard to tell if the LLM produced the post or if a person did (plus, somebody…
I appreciate this response. Thank you
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#58A noble idea, but Github is literally littered with hobbyist home-grown Unix-like kernels in C. As an industry are we not supposed to be trying to move away from hoary old unsafe C? Could we not have a hobbyist educational OSes in more of the C replacements? Drew DeVault wrote Bunnix in Hare, in one month. There's the proof of concept. How about tiny toy Unix-likes in Zig, Nim, Crystal, Odin, D, Rust, Circle, Carbon,…
SPIN in Modula-2: https://www-spin.cs.washington.edu/
Re: Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro
#59Author here. I wrote this book so you can spend a boring weekend writing an operating system from scratch. You don’t have to write it in C - you can use your favorite programming language, like Rust or Zig. I intentionally made it not UNIX-like and kept only the essential parts. Thinking about how the OS differs from Linux or Windows can also be fun. Designing an OS is like creating your own world—you can make it how…
Excellent content!
Re: Operating System in 1,000 Lines – Intro
#60Author here. I wrote this book so you can spend a boring weekend writing an operating system from scratch. You don’t have to write it in C - you can use your favorite programming language, like Rust or Zig. I intentionally made it not UNIX-like and kept only the essential parts. Thinking about how the OS differs from Linux or Windows can also be fun. Designing an OS is like creating your own world—you can make it how…
> Designing an OS is like creating your own world
Or like building your temple so you can talk to God directly