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unix

for sysadmins, devops

Steadylobsters
Signal score
10
as of 2d ago
Live items
1
Trajectory
Steady
7-day est. ~1

Why this scored 10

every term, weighted
Velocity+2.7 / 40

Its fastest-moving item, measured against the pace of its own source

Acceleration+13.1 / 25

Whether that velocity is itself speeding up, as a per-hour rate

Cross-source spread+0.0 / 25

How many independent communities its own items come from

Recency+0.0 / 10

Decays to zero over 14 days, counted from when we first saw it

Saturation penalty6.2 / 30

Subtracted once something is big and old — sized by its biggest item, aged from when we first saw it

Composite9.6

Weights are hand-tuned, not learned — we're calibrating them against realized trends as history accumulates. On an entity's first sighting there's no previous reading to compare against, so acceleration starts from a neutral prior rather than a measurement, and velocity falls back to engagement over its whole lifetime until a second reading exists. Full methodology

Outlook

low confidence · estimate, not a guarantee

7-day

~1

range 013

14-day

~0

range 014

30-day

~0

range 019

Signal history

7-day window (free)
038

projected trajectory (estimate, not a guarantee)

The evidence

The live items this entity's score aggregates — every community independently talking about it right now. This is the corroboration, shown, not claimed.

  1. 1
    25

    Some (mostly historical) issues with the Unix load average

    Understanding legacy Unix load average quirks helps prevent misinterpreting system load metrics. · for sysadmins, devops

    lobstersSteadyother3d ago
  2. 2
    24

    The History of the Design of Unix's Find Command

    Unix find command · for unix devs

    lobstersSteadydevtools8 saturated32d ago
  3. 3
    23

    A shell exclamation mark is not for yelling. Be lazy

    Shell syntax tip · for linux devs

    lobstersSteadydevtools37d ago
  4. 4
    18

    Learning about "The Unix Time-Sharing System"

    Understanding the Unix Time-Sharing System offers historical insight for system programmers. · for system programmers, computer historians

    hackernewsSteadyother19d ago
  5. 5
    18

    Odd Comments and Strange Doings in Unix

    Unix historical notes · for unix admins, historians

    lobstersSteadyother33d ago
  6. 6
    17

    LLMs are proof that Unix won

    LLMs built on Unix concepts highlight stable, composable AI tooling for developers. · for ai engineers

    hackernewsSteadyai20d ago
  7. 7
    17

    EPIPE on write might mean you're doing it wrong

    Fixes EPIPE errors · for backend devs

    lobstersSteady 2 · phpdevtools42d ago
  8. 8
    16

    Obfuscated bash script by Akamai being supplied to consumers via retail stores

    lobstersSteady67d ago
  9. 9
    11

    How Unix spell ran in 64 kB of RAM (2025)

    Unix spell runs in 64kB RAM · for linux devs

    hackernewsCoolingother48d ago