Hackernews posts about Unixes

  1. Yes-rs: A fast, memory-safe rewrite of the classic Unix yes command (github.com)
    172 points by ericdiao 21 days ago | 161 comments
  2. The length of file names in early Unix (utcc.utoronto.ca)
    77 points by ingve 22 days ago | 64 comments
  3. Unix Workstations – The Computer Collection (www.computercollection.net)
    27 points by rbanffy 24 days ago | 9 comments
  4. Ironclad 0.7.0 – formally verified Unix-like kernel in SPARK and Ada (codeberg.org)
    27 points by birdculture 15 days ago | 1 comments
  5. Ironclad: Unix-like operating system kernel written in SPARK and Ada (codeberg.org)
    21 points by thunderbong 16 days ago | discuss
  6. Our Journey Through Linux/Unix Landscapes (blog.kalvad.com)
    20 points by alekq 27 days ago | 17 comments
  7. Personal Software Runtime Inspired by Emacs, Plan 9, Erlang, Hypermedia and Unix (github.com)
    20 points by veqq 19 days ago | discuss
  8. Rewriting Unix Philosophy for the Post-AI Era (gizvault.com)
    19 points by ricecat 5 days ago | 23 comments
  9. AT&T Unix PC Reference Manual (1986) (archive.org)
    9 points by caned 25 days ago | discuss
  10. Misconceptions about the Unix Philosophy (posixcafe.org)
    7 points by xelxebar 19 days ago | discuss
  11. The elusive goal of Unix – or Linux – simplicity (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by rntn 20 days ago | 2 comments
  12. Xoftware: Unix Apps on Windows (very old software, new video) (www.youtube.com)
    4 points by ajsnigrutin 18 days ago | discuss
  13. Following the Unix philosophy without getting Left Pad (raku-advent.blog)
    3 points by codesections 5 days ago | discuss
  14. Pass: The Standard Unix Password Manager – (Convenient Open Source) (paulefou.com)
    3 points by svalee 8 days ago | discuss
  15. Code the perimeter: how Unix won [video] (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by notarobot123 14 days ago | 1 comments
  16. Power MachTen: Unix as Classic Mac OS App (www.floodgap.com)
    2 points by TMWNN 23 days ago | 1 comments
  17. Summary of basic Unix shell commands (swcarpentry.github.io)
    2 points by mooreds 12 days ago | discuss
  18. LLMs: The Missing Compiler for Unix Tools (tselai.com)
    1 points by fforflo 14 days ago | discuss
  19. Xoftware: Unix Apps on Windows (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by bane 16 days ago | discuss
  20. Show HN: Loodio 2 – A Simple Rechargable Bathroom Privacy Device (loodio.com)
    69 points by testmasterflex 19 days ago | 85 comments
  21. In POSIX, you can theoretically use inode zero (utcc.utoronto.ca)
    69 points by mfrw 16 days ago | 37 comments
  22. Three Algorithms for YSH Syntax Highlighting (github.com)
    49 points by todsacerdoti 3 days ago | 20 comments
  23. The lack of a good command line way to sort IPv6 addresses (utcc.utoronto.ca)
    37 points by zdw 28 days ago | 52 comments
  24. The shell and its crappy handling of whitespace (2023) (blog.plover.com)
    5 points by thunderbong 23 days ago | 1 comments
  25. Master Foo and the Hardware Designer (www.catb.org)
    3 points by ColinWright 16 days ago | discuss
  26. Master Foo and the Programming Prodigy (www.catb.org)
    2 points by ColinWright 18 days ago | 1 comments
  27. OpenAI Unites with Jony Ive in $6.5B Deal to Create A.I. Devices (www.nytimes.com)
    7 points by neom 26 days ago | 1 comments
  28. Apple Plans Glasses for 2026 as Part of AI Push, Nixes Watch with Camera (www.bloomberg.com)
    4 points by jmsflknr 25 days ago | discuss
  29. Apple Plans Glasses for 2026 as Part of AI Push, Nixes Watch with Camera (www.bloomberg.com)
    2 points by mgh2 24 days ago | 1 comments
  30. Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison (blogsystem5.substack.com)
    648 points by LorenDB 9 months ago | 609 comments
  31. Attacking UNIX Systems via CUPS (www.evilsocket.net)
    438 points by NetBender 9 months ago | 325 comments
  32. 1972 Unix V2 "Beta" Resurrected (www.tuhs.org)
    425 points by henry_flower 4 months ago | 148 comments
  33. Simple Unix Chat (the-dam.org)
    403 points by marban almost 2 years ago | 169 comments
  34. Writing a Unix clone in about a month (drewdevault.com)
    395 points by drewdevault about 1 year ago | 134 comments
  35. Show HN: Banan-OS, an Unix-like operating system written from scratch (github.com)
    333 points by Bananymous 6 months ago | 63 comments
  36. The Unix timestamp will begin with 17 this Tuesday (www.unixtimestamp.com)
    330 points by dezmou over 1 year ago | 75 comments
  37. Unix Time reaches 1.7 billion (www.epochconverter.com)
    298 points by AlwaysNewb23 over 1 year ago | 165 comments
  38. The Unix Pipe Card Game (punkx.org)
    270 points by Shugyousha 11 months ago | 41 comments
  39. Should you be scared of Unix signals? (2016) (jvns.ca)
    257 points by gavinhoward over 1 year ago | 155 comments
  40. Wc2: Investigates optimizing 'wc', the Unix word count program (github.com)
    253 points by PaulHoule 12 months ago | 150 comments
  41. How Unix spell ran in 64kb RAM (blog.codingconfessions.com)
    253 points by madmax108 5 months ago | 51 comments
  42. Unix core utilities implemented in Haskell (github.com)
    243 points by ocean_moist 8 months ago | 96 comments
  43. Pipe Viewer – A Unix Utility You Should Know About (catonmat.net)
    236 points by lnyan 7 months ago | 44 comments
  44. Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system (pdos.csail.mit.edu)
    234 points by arkj about 1 year ago | 97 comments
  45. How could the early Unix OS comprise so few lines of code? (retrocomputing.stackexchange.com)
    231 points by peter_d_sherman almost 2 years ago | 166 comments
  46. Reaching the Unix philosophy's logical extreme with WebAssembly (xeiaso.net)
    229 points by xena almost 2 years ago | 124 comments
  47. Dt: Duck tape for your Unix pipes (dt.plumbing)
    226 points by signa11 almost 2 years ago | 157 comments
  48. Show HN: Dotenv, if it is a Unix utility (github.com)
    225 points by gyf304 about 1 year ago | 100 comments
  49. The Unix Game (unixgame.io)
    218 points by throwaway71271 over 1 year ago | 33 comments
  50. Annotated Unix Magic Poster (unixmagic.net)
    213 points by kaycebasques 2 months ago | 32 comments
  51. Fsearch, a fast file search utility for Unix-like systems (github.com)
    207 points by karlicoss over 1 year ago | 95 comments
  52. List of Unix binaries that can be used to bypass local security restrictions (gtfobins.github.io)
    201 points by janisz almost 2 years ago | 99 comments
  53. Show HN: Homebrew 16bit CPU from 74HC logic with C compiler and Unix-like OS (www.sol-1.org)
    192 points by pconst167 over 1 year ago | 42 comments
  54. Octox: Unix-like OS in Rust inspired by xv6-riscv (github.com)
    190 points by o8vm almost 2 years ago | 119 comments
  55. Unix Programmer's Manual Third Edition [pdf] (1973) (dspinellis.github.io)
    190 points by rbanffy 7 months ago | 34 comments
  56. Schemesh: Fusion between Unix shell and Lisp REPL (github.com)
    177 points by cosmos0072 4 months ago | 50 comments
  57. Unix shells are generally not viable access control mechanisms any more (utcc.utoronto.ca)
    174 points by ingve over 1 year ago | 141 comments
  58. Brian Kernighan Reflects on Unix: A History and a Memoir [video] (www.youtube.com)
    173 points by zdw 7 months ago | 32 comments
  59. Things Unix can do atomically (2010) (rcrowley.org)
    170 points by pabs3 almost 2 years ago | 49 comments