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LODSB
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LODSB is a personal blog at lodsb.com about programming and systems. Since 2021, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times, most often “Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen”. The last post was in 2023, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN links LODSB's posts on Windows debugging internals, including a post on NtSetInformationThread and thread debugger flags. Commenters cite them as references on reverse engineering and debugger behaviour.
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.
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Most-linked posts?
- Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2021-08-17
What Hacker News says?
From my brief experience, it seems that reversing old games is one of those disciplines where there is no good step-by-step course. One can start learning some theory (I did so by reading “The Art of Assembly Language Programming” – if I had more time, I'd try “Reverse Engineering for Beginners”) but then one has to get his hands dirty. Real-life games are typically not simple, but one usually just needs to reverse…
Comment linking /reversing-lz91-from-commander-keen
on “Spice86 – A PC emulator for real mode reverse engineering”Submitted Reversing LZ91 from Commander Keen as a story · 75 points
HN discussionFrom what I can tell it does not hide anything. The flag controls if traps in a given thread are to be handled by the debugger. The debugger likely supports clearing this flag or setting as needed so that it need only show the user the traps from the threads that the user desires. https://www.lodsb.com/ntsetinformationthread-disabling-threa...
Comment linking /ntsetinformationthread-disabling-threadhidefromdebugger
on “Ask HN: What Uses ThreadHideFromDebugger/Thread_create_flags_hide_from_debugger?”Submitted Reversing DOS Functions: PCMP as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reversing DOS Functions: LDIV and LMOD as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Reversing DOS Functions: PADD and PSUB as a story · 1 points
HN discussion