Top all-time · #9881
André Machado
Personal blog · machaddr.substack.comsystemshistory
André Machado's personal blog at machaddr.substack.com covers systems and history. Since 2025, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times, most often “Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-07-12, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link André Machado's Substack for posts on operating systems and networking, such as the history of Darwin and PureDarwin and NetBSD use in satellites. Comments also mention a large daily archive.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
LOADING… █▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ 10%.
Most-linked posts?
- Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-01-06
What Hacker News says?
Alan Cox of course worked on the TCP/IP stack: "His involvement with Linux began in the early 1990s when he was working on a project that required a stable networking solution. This led him to discover Linux, which was still in its infancy at the time. Contributions to Linux Kernel Cox's contributions to the Linux kernel are extensive and far-reaching. He is best known for his work on the Linux networking stack, whi…
Comment linking /p/kernel-chronicles-insights-and-innovations
on “A macOS kernel bug can cause OpenClaw to stop working after 49.7 days”Submitted Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD? as a story · 17 points
HN discussionI went through the archives[0] and I tend to agree. There's a post on every day of the week, including weekends. And although the 'About' page indicates the author might not be a native English speaker, all the posts feel similar. [0]: https://machaddr.substack.com/archive?sort=new
Comment linking /archive?sort=new
on “Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD?”Submitted Why Some Satellites Use NetBSD? – André Machado – Blog as a story · 9 points
HN discussion> OpenDarwin was a thing at one point, with mailing lists and other infrastructure hosted by Apple. "Exploring Darwin and PureDarwin: The Open-Source Foundation of Apple's Operating Systems" - https://machaddr.substack.com/p/exploring-darwin-and-puredar...
Comment linking /p/exploring-darwin-and-puredarwin-the
on “macOS Container Machines”Submitted NeXTSTEP: The Visionary OS, Steve Jobs's Apple Exodus, and the GNUStep Legacy as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted A Comprehensive Review of JFS (Journaled File System) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted FreeDOS: History, Legacy, and a Valuable Resource for Old Machines as a story · 1 points
HN discussion