Links — #systems

• gotreesitter (Mar 1, 2026)
  Pure Go implementation of the tree-sitter parsing runtime.
  #tools #systems
• How to allocate memory (Mar 1, 2026)
  Short, sharp essay on memory allocation strategies and tradeoffs.
  #systems #compsci
• Ladybird adopts Rust, with help from AI (Mar 1, 2026)
  The Ladybird browser project adopts Rust for new components, using AI to assist migration.
  #web #systems
• The Memory Allocator (Mar 1, 2026)
  Deep dive into Go's memory allocator internals, from the Internals for Interns series.
  #systems #compsci
• unf (Mar 1, 2026)
  Filesystem flight recorder that tracks file changes for undo and audit.
  #tools #systems
• DuckDB isn't just fast (Feb 7, 2026)
  A whistlestop tour of the cool bits of DuckDB
  #essays #systems
• ffs (Feb 7, 2026)
  Mount semi-structured data (like JSON) as a Unix filesystem.
  #systems
• Mecha Comet (Feb 7, 2026)
  Modular Linux handheld with snap-on extensions. ARM64, AMOLED, GPIO breakout, open-source throughout.
  #systems
• Cosmopolitan Libc (Feb 7, 2026)
  Build-once run-anywhere C library. One binary that runs on Linux, Mac, Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD.
  #systems
• WebVM - Linux virtualization in WebAssembly (Feb 7, 2026)
  Linux virtual machine, running in the browser via HTML5/WebAssembly. Networking and graphics supported.
  #systems
• 0x.tools (Feb 7, 2026)
  Always on Profiling for Production Systems
  #systems
• Huge binaries (Dec 29, 2025)
  The problems of dramatic binary scale that academia doubts exist but industry lives with daily.
  #systems
• Life of an inference request (vLLM V1) (Jun 29, 2025)
  How vLLM serves large language models efficiently at scale — at the intersection of AI and systems programming.
  #ai #systems
• Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Aviation (Jun 7, 2025)
  In the spirit of Patrick McKenzie's classic piece on names — false assumptions about aviation data types and schemas.
  #systems

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