Since I got into programming, I’ve regularly seen operating-systems tutorials and implementation guides pass by. They always leave a lingering desire behind them, an echo of the well-known siren song: “when are you going to create your toy operating system?” Inevitably, time passes and the desire fades, till the next tutorial shows up and the cycle repeats. Today I’m breaking the cycle. I’m setting a challenge for myself, and I’m publishing it for the sake of the many curious soul...| Adolfo Ochagavía
I ended the last post, “Generative AI and the Programmer,” on a note that’s a Rorschach test for your own outlook on life: the fate of the technology industry relies on the ability of our practitioners to curate and digest information. My own outlook is frankly pessimistic. Most of us have ignored our own history and, worse, the broad range of “liberal arts,” producing professionals uniquely and ironically unsuited to critically engaging with the informational ecosystems that we hav...| asthasr.github.io