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From ancient Greece to servers: the origin of daemon
Linux

From ancient Greece to servers: the origin of daemon

I always wondered where "daemon" came from. Turns out the story goes back to 1963, and starts with a Victorian physicist. Project MAC (1963) The term comes from Fernando J. Corbató's team on MIT's Project MAC, working on the early time-sharing system CTSS.
23 Aug 2026 2 min read
Coding

Rust

Picked up a book, Programming Rust (2nd Edition) by Jim Blandy, and have been working through it over the holidays (non-stop party here). Published in late 2021, it's surprising how much of the code doesn't work and it isn't encouraging to spend half
01 Jan 2024 1 min read
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