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Anuradha Weeraman
Personal blog · weeraman.comaiprogramming
Anuradha Weeraman's personal blog at weeraman.com covers ai and programming. Since 2017, 8 different Hacker News readers have linked it 14 times, most often “Building a Tiny Linux Kernel”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-08-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for "Building a tiny Linux kernel," which covers stripping kernel subsystems to shrink the kernel. Commenters cite it for the resulting size and the RAM needed to boot.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Technology strategy for AI-powered products. Technologist, Architect, and Founder helping companies design and build intelligent software systems that scale.
Most-linked posts?
- Building a Tiny Linux Kernel3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-12-26
- How to put that GPU to good use with Python3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2017-09-18
What Hacker News says?
Yes, it is possible to strip out subsystems from the linux kernel, but there are limits. For example: https://weeraman.com/building-a-tiny-linux-kernel-8c07579ae7... They achieved a compressed linux kernel size of just 749 kB which additionally requires at least 12 MB of RAM to boot. This is very impressive, but there a constrained systems with 1 MB or less of memory.
Comment linking /building-a-tiny-linux-kernel-8c07579ae79d
on “New Linux port for the Nintendo 64”Submitted Plan 9 from Bell Labs, the little OS that could as a story · 4 points
HN discussionRelated: "Building a tiny Linux kernel": https://weeraman.com/building-a-tiny-linux-kernel-8c07579ae7...
Comment linking /building-a-tiny-linux-kernel-8c07579ae79d
on “The Linux Kernel Tinification project (2020)”Submitted Building a Tiny Linux Kernel as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to put that GPU to good use with Python as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted AlphaGo: a journey to machine intuition as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to put that GPU to good use with Python as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted How to put that GPU to good use with Python as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Twenty-five years ago it was cryptography, today it's model weights as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted DeepSeek-R1, at the cusp of an open revolution as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Dissecting Bitcoin, Part 1 – The Technology as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted For the love of chess as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Machine learning for fun and profit as a story · 1 points
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