If you've read my earlier posts about assembly language for Linux x86_64, you might see that I started to get interested in low-level programming. I've written a set of articles on assembly programming for x86_64 Linux and, in parallel, began exploring the Linux kernel source ...
The Linux kernel is just a program
Most books and courses introduce Linux through shell commands, leaving the kernel as a mysterious black box doing magic behind the scenes. In this post, we will run some experiments to demystify it: the Linux kernel is just a binary that you can build and run.
ELF64 hello world | tuket
I like to understand how things work under the hood. Assembly programming is very close to the metal but, even then, the assembler hides some complexity to make our lives easier. Also the linker does lots of work I don’t completely understand.
Modular: The Claude C Compiler: What It Reveals About the Future of Software
Compilers occupy a special place in computer science. They're a canonical course in computer science education. Building one is a rite of passage. It forces you to confront how software actually works, by examining languages, abstractions, hardware, and the boundary between human intent and machine execution.
Compiling Models to Megakernels
Fine-grained synchronization, deep pipelines, and zero kernel launch overheads, automatically.
Building Linux kernel on macOS natively
How programs get run: ELF binaries
The previous article in this series described the general mechanisms that th [...]
What I Found Interesting in Claude Code's Source
A breakdown of the most interesting engineering patterns in Claude Code's leaked source code: composable system prompts, runtime instruction injection, context compression, forking, prompt caching architecture, and more.
Open-Sourcing the IDA SDK: Simpler, Sharable, Scriptable
We're taking the first step toward making development on top of IDA more open and accessible: we’re open-sourcing the C++ SDK and IDAPython.
FEX-Emu – A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator
A fast linux usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator
loss32: let's build a Win32/Linux
Aaron Steven White
computational semanticist. into modular synths and tiki. https://aaronstevenwhite.io
Systems Programming with Zig
Zig delivers performance, reliability, and complex integration in systems programming in a simple, modern package. Zig hits the sweet spot for systems programming. This new programming language is high-performance, low-level, ultra-reliable, and perfectly suited for serious projects like writing libraries, daemons and shell utilities, and even operating systems and embedded code. Systems Programming with Zig shows you how to write quality, useful Zig applications without relying on libraries or frameworks-even if you’re new systems programming. In Systems Programming with Zig you’ll learn how to: Understand the Zig perspective on systems programming Write idiomatic Zig code Integrate Zig with C, systems libraries, and scripting languages Networking, interpreters, and graphics from the ground up Unlike UI-centric applications that form the public face of your software, systems programs like OS kernels, device drivers, and utilities interact directly with the hardware or operating system. In these low-level programs, performance and safety are paramount. Zig is a new programming language that builds on the legacy of C, C++, and even Rust to provide a high-productivity systems programming environment that does not rely on awkward libraries and frameworks.
Why Futhark?
A high-performance and high-level purely functional data-parallel array programming language that can execute on the GPU and CPU.
Andrew Kelley: A Practical Guide to Applying Data Oriented Design (DoD)
Luminal
We automatically generate complex kernels, like Flash Attention, with zero hand engineering
Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces
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