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Gusts Kaksis
Personal blog · gusc.lvprogrammingsystems
Gusts Kaksis's personal blog at gusc.lv covers programming and systems. Since 2012, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “I’m writing my own OS, part 2 | Gusts Kaksis (a.k.a. gusC)”. The last post was in 2021, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Personal blog by Gusts Kaksis about starting to write his own operating system. The post went viral on HN after a DZone link, and the thread discussed whether the author has the background for the project.
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.
Most-linked posts?
- I’m writing my own OS, part 2 | Gusts Kaksis (a.k.a. gusC)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-11-26
What Hacker News says?
Holly jumping Jesus … I just got my 15 minutes of shame/fame over the internet. I linked my “just write down what you’re thinking” blog post on dzone.com and somehow it got posted on Hacker News and from there … Shit just hit the fan. It seems that writing “I’m writing my own OS” as a blog title can be translated from “I have spare time, I want to try out new things” into “Fuck this shit, I’m going for a revolution!…
Comment linking /2012/11/im-writing-my-own-os-intermission/
on “I’m writing my own OS”Submitted I’m writing my own OS as a story · 299 points
HN discussionUPDATE: The original author has posted a Part 2. Looks like he's already started writing code and hitting milestones. http://gusc.lv/2012/11/im-writing-my-own-os-p2/
Comment linking /2012/11/im-writing-my-own-os-p2/
on “I’m writing my own OS”Submitted I’m writing my own OS, part 2 | Gusts Kaksis (a.k.a. gusC) as a story · 5 points
HN discussionAnyone who has ever written a small RTOS on a small 8 bit embedded processor will only laugh at the OP. And, I hate to say, it would be justified. There are about twenty or thirty books between where he is now and where he'd have to be in order to even start talking about designing an OS for a desktop platform. Add to that 10,000 hours of coding low to high-level projects across embedded to desktop platforms. A quic…
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on “I’m writing my own OS”Submitted How to use C++ for Cross-Platform Development as a story · 3 points
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