Regardless of how one might feel about patches-over-email software development, the reality is that a lot of exciting open source projects are developed on mailing lists. Configuring a pleasant plaintext-oriented e-mail environment may not be obvious for those of us who come from a primarily git forge style background. At least, it wasn’t for me. In any case, I’ve finally arrived at a productive setup and I’d like to write it down here for posterity.

A list of micro-kernel projects

Take a look at your process tree, it’s likely that you might notice a new service: rtkit-daemon, the RealtimeKit Daemon. It seems nobody on the internet is talking about it, so let’s explain what it’s about in this article.

An article that explains how the kernel executes scripts files that contain a shebang (#!)

An article that explains how the kernel executes scripts files that contain a shebang (#!)

A deep dive into Apple’s Darwin OS and XNU kernel architecture, tracing its evolution from Mach and BSD roots to powering macOS, iOS, and Apple Silicon. This post explores the hybrid kernel’s design, its adaptation to new hardware and security paradigms, and why XNU remains a uniquely resilient and scalable foundation for Apple’s platforms.