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Why this scored 1
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Whether that velocity is itself speeding up, as a per-hour rate
How many independent communities its own items come from
Decays to zero over 14 days, counted from when we first saw it
Subtracted once something is big and old — sized by its biggest item, aged from when we first saw it
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Some (mostly historical) issues with the Unix load average
Understanding legacy Unix load average quirks helps prevent misinterpreting system load metrics. · for sysadmins, devops
lobstersSteadyother48d ago - 224
The History of the Design of Unix's Find Command
Unix find command · for unix devs
lobstersSteadydevtools−8 saturated77d ago - 323
A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy
Shell syntax tip · for linux devs
lobstersSteadydevtools82d ago - 418
Learning about "The Unix Time-Sharing System"
Understanding the Unix Time-Sharing System offers historical insight for system programmers. · for system programmers, computer historians
hackernewsSteadyother65d ago - 518
Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix
Unix historical notes · for unix admins, historians
lobstersSteadyother78d ago - 617
Requests, Promises, Assertions, and Declarations: Rewriting Our AI Agent Workflow as a 1986 'Committed Speech' Machine
Rewrites AI agent pipelines using classic Unix concepts. · for ai engineers, devops
devtoSteadyai13d ago - 717
LLMs are proof that Unix won
LLMs built on Unix concepts highlight stable, composable AI tooling for developers. · for ai engineers
hackernewsSteadyai65d ago - 817
What LLMs 'Know' That You Don't Know They Know: Stop Inventing Prompt DSLs and Ride 50 Years of Unix Pre-Training Gravity
Advocates using Unix principles for LLM prompting instead of new DSLs. · for ai engineers, prompt designers
devtoSteadyai17d ago - 917
EPIPE on write might mean you're doing it wrong
Fixes EPIPE errors · for backend devs
lobstersSteady 2 · phpdevtools87d ago - 1016
Obfuscated bash script by Akamai being supplied to consumers via retail stores
lobstersSteady112d ago - 1114
Unix Year 2038 problem and the art of underestimating
Highlights the underestimated impact of the Unix Year 2038 timestamp overflow. · for systems engineers
lobstersCoolingother38d ago - 1211
How Unix spell ran in 64 kB of RAM (2025)
Unix spell runs in 64kB RAM · for linux devs
hackernewsCoolingother93d ago