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ExoticSilicon.com

Company blog · research.exoticsilicon.com/articlessystemssecurity

ExoticSilicon.com is the company blog at research.exoticsilicon.com, writing about systems and security. Since 2023, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times, most often “Writing a greylisting filter in ~1000 lines of C”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

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22mentions?
18HN people?
2023–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 14 in 2023

Most-linked posts?

  1. Writing a greylisting filter in ~1000 lines of C
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2023-10-05
  2. Fixing cringeworthy bugs in the OpenBSD console code
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-03-10
  3. Routing 4G cellular data to a BSD network using bridge mode on the RUT-240
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-04-14
  4. Does the eject command make a USB flash drive fly across the room?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-02-14
  5. /
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2023-01-31

What Hacker News says?

  1. ninjin · 2023-04-11
    Probably [1], but it certainly needs more hands on deck last time I talked to Crystal. [1]: https://research.exoticsilicon.com/series/pinephone_openbsd

    Comment linking /series/pinephone_openbsd

    on “OpenBSD 7.3”
  2. eustoria · 2026-09-22

    Submitted Fixing cringeworthy bugs in the OpenBSD console code as a story · 7 points

    HN discussion
  3. brudgers · 2023-10-05
    Original article: https://research.exoticsilicon.com/articles/mail_filters

    Comment linking /articles/mail_filters

    on “OpenBSD: Email Filters in C”
  4. todsacerdoti · 2025-07-05

    Submitted 4096 Colours and the Blink Attribute as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  5. turtleyacht · 2023-09-17
    Interested to know which languages inspired Jeebox. For example, REBOL, Tcl, Forth, even Prolog. Love the site design. Picking up vibes similar to Exotic Silicon¹. This page is CSS' reason-to-be. - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31396098 ¹ https://research.exoticsilicon.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Jeebox”
  6. t-3 · 2023-03-10

    Submitted Discovering one bug after another in the UTF-8 decoding logic in OpenBSD as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  7. rsync · 2023-04-14
    Agreed. I have no idea who "exoticsilicon" are or if they read HN but if they do , free-for-life rsync.net accounts for any of them that care to contact us. I am already making good use of this particular piece of content: https://research.exoticsilicon.com/articles/lte_ethernet_bri...

    Comment linking /articles/lte_ethernet_bridge

    on “Exoticsilicon.com – Replying to comments about our web page design”
  8. PerWilhelm · 2024-03-18

    Submitted Exotic Silicon Design Studio Index as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. KronisLV · 2023-04-14
    Tried out all of their themes on the welcome page, which seems like a nice showcase of what's available when you switch the themes: https://research.exoticsilicon.com/welcome Here's the aspects that I personally enjoyed: - Tropical nights: this feels like a pleasant theme on the eyes, almost like an IDE dark mode - Nitrate memories: another theme that feels fairly readable, with the contrast being okay in *most* pla…

    Comment linking /welcome

    on “Exoticsilicon.com – Replying to comments about our web page design”
  10. PerWilhelm · 2024-03-08

    Submitted Exotic Silicon Design Studio as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. 8ig8 · 2023-04-14
    > You agree not to use the content to train AI systems or machine learning systems. https://research.exoticsilicon.com/terms First I’ve seen that.

    Comment linking /terms

    on “Exoticsilicon.com – Replying to comments about our web page design”
  12. throwup238 · 2024-01-12

    Submitted Routing 4G cellular data to a BSD network using bridge mode on the RUT-240 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. bartvk · 2023-01-31
    Then you'll hate the homepage[0] which features a tit (bird) flying off after the page rendered. That's the default theme, though -- you can switch themes using the animated glasses button in the lower-left of the homepage. [0] https://research.exoticsilicon.com/

    Comment linking /

    on “Console Screendumps”
  14. todsacerdoti · 2023-10-05

    Submitted Writing a greylisting filter in ~1000 lines of C as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. ecliptik · 2023-03-20

    Submitted Does the eject command make a USB flash drive fly across the room? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. bookstore-romeo · 2026-02-24

    Submitted Web page design studio – Part one: User-friendly visuals, and responsive design as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. PerWilhelm · 2024-03-09

    Submitted Exotic Silicon Design Studio as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  18. PerWilhelm · 2024-03-08

    Submitted Exotic Silicon Design Studio as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  19. rodrigo975 · 2023-10-17

    Submitted Exoticsilicon.com – writing a greylisting filter in ~1000 lines of C as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  20. nhanb · 2023-04-14

    Submitted Exoticsilicon.com – Replying to comments about our web page design as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  21. hucste · 2023-02-14

    Submitted Using /bin/eject with USB flash drives (on OpenBSD) as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  22. zdw · 2023-01-29

    Submitted Console Screendumps as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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