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#Systems Programming

7 articles on Systems Programming — news, releases, guides and analysis from the SourceFeed engine.

Article 10m ago 0

A Graphical Desktop Environment Run Entirely Over SSH Sockets

The Outer Shell project rethinks remote server management by serving native-quality web apps over Unix domain sockets.

Lenn Voss

Under the Hood of a CUDA Kernel Launch

From triple-angle brackets to SASS assembly and doorbell registers, here is how NVIDIA orchestrates GPU execution.

Article · 9h ago0

Zig Redefines BitCast Semantics to Fix LLVM Backend Bugs

Decoupling bitwise casts from memory layouts eliminates compiler bugs and unlocks better LLVM optimization.

Article · 4d ago0

Apple KernelKit: Bringing Embedded Swift to the Kernel

Apple's new KernelKit framework introduces Embedded Swift to the kernel space, paving a pragmatic path toward memory-safe systems programming.

Article · 1w ago0

Beyond Epoll: Is io_uring Ready for Production?

A technical breakdown of Linux event loops, comparing readiness-based epoll with completion-based io_uring for high-performance networking.

Article · 1w ago0

Exploring Zinnia, a Modular Rust Kernel That Boots to XFCE

A new 64-bit Unix-like operating system demonstrates how Rust's safety guarantees translate to bare-metal systems programming.

Article · 2w ago0

Zig by Example Gives Systems Programmers a Practical On-Ramp

Modeled after Go by Example, this annotated-code resource walks developers through Zig 0.14 from Hello World to C interop — no hand-holding, no fluff.

Article · 3w ago0