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We cover all things tech, and then some more.
This is where you’d find cutting-edge content related to System Programming, Rust, Linux, and of course, Zig. 🙂
Latest Articles
Thoughts, tutorials, and insights.
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What std::mem::forget Actually Does to Heap Allocations?
Read more →: What std::mem::forget Actually Does to Heap Allocations?std::mem::forget drops the stack-allocated handle without executing Drop glue, permanently orphaning heap metadata within allocator arenas. It guarantees the absence of Undefined Behavior by design,…
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Architecting an Automated Scholarly Pipeline: JATS XML Parsing Without the Heavy Middleware
Read more →: Architecting an Automated Scholarly Pipeline: JATS XML Parsing Without the Heavy MiddlewareThe nature of modern academic publishing is the intersection of operational engineering, data architectures, and document layout routines. A typical research article goes through many…
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The Architecture of Zero Overhead: Building a Pure Client-Side Front Matter Generator for Publishers
Read more →: The Architecture of Zero Overhead: Building a Pure Client-Side Front Matter Generator for PublishersMost readers pass over the title page, copyright notice, dedication, and publication data on their way to the first page of a book and have…
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Why Does Zig Treat Allocation Failure as Normal?
Read more →: Why Does Zig Treat Allocation Failure as Normal?Modern systems programming languages implicitly encourage a dangerous idea: that memory is either infinite or that running out of it is so bad that it’s…
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Why Linux Programs Fail Even When the System is “Up”
Read more →: Why Linux Programs Fail Even When the System is “Up”“Up” is a term that sounds reassuring but isn’t. The kernel is still alive, as shown by uptime dashboards, green system states, and a working…
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What Actually Happens When a Linux Process Starts?
Read more →: What Actually Happens When a Linux Process Starts?In Linux, a process never actually starts. It changes. One of the oldest and most commonly misinterpreted assumptions in Unix-like systems is that running a…