I am a self-taught programmer and I already know this stuff but it's always interesting to see if the concepts can be distilled in a way that makes it easier to understand.
Ask HN: Would self-taught programmers be interested in such a book?
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#12This would be awesome!
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#13I am self taught and I find moving from being an amateur coder to fully fledged programmer is tough. Such a book would be interesting. Can you share your blog or email so that I can help you test readability etc of the book. my email is ondieki@wallenje.com
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#14I'd be interested, don't have a CS degree and at times I feel I lack some basics. Have you written anything yet or is this still at the idea stage?
I have written a kernel for the ARM architecture before and recently I have started working on a kernel for x86. Initially this was just a fun side project but upon seeing all the recent post by self-taught programmers who desire more, I thought this would be a good book to write about.
go for it!
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#15Just finished my final on advanced operating systems (graduate course) and I will definitely buy your book. I feel like I'm missing a lot of the basics. Especially interested in building a file system from scratch.
What would make the book MORE exciting for me, was if you included other system programming languages than C in the implementation. e.g. Rust, D...
Just don't target it only for self taught programmers. Any programmer will benefit from it. (although I think every programmer is eventually self taught in a way)
Blog? Signup form?
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#16Back in the 90s they used to do these quite often. I remember reading one for the same reasons, self taught network engineer and programmer and wanted to get under the hood. I say do it and bring the concept upto date.
Here's an examplehttp://www.amazon.com/Developing-32-Bit-Operating-System-Cd-...
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#17Not really..
In learning all I have and achieving the level I am in the IT world, I've learned one truth. It's all already on the internet, you just have to find it...
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#18There are books like this - old, obscure, and out of print. So yes. I'd love to read your modern take on the topic.
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#19Yes, please.
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#20I am self taught, and after 12 years in industry I took McKusick's kernel class on Saturdays at Berkeley. It kicked my ass and ate up a lot of time, but it was the best thing I could have done to further my knowledge.