Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on?

Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? by ephaeton on Saturday June 29, 2024 @02:44AM (#40828337)

NetBSD.

The docco, the culture, the clarity and simplicity of design from first principles. The coherency of code across kernel, user-space, accompagnying material. The vibe.

You may know NetBSD (if, at all) as the BSD that wants to be "portable" and may dismiss it against FreeBSD's focus-claim of "performance" and OpenBSD's focus-claim of "security". Interestingly, trying to remain wildly portable requires a cleanliness inside that is very soothing.

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? by ajay_san on Saturday June 29, 2024 @11:01AM (#40831093)

Question, I want to get into more lower level programs like compositors or docker daemon or kernels (I do realize they all are different things) but I find tech behind them so intimidating and don't know where to get started. Do you have any advice where I can learn them? I'm about to grad next year

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? by spai2 on Saturday June 29, 2024 @01:32PM (#40832181)

https://stevens.netmeister.org/631/

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Re:Ask HN: What is the best code base you ever worked on? by ajay_san on Sunday June 30, 2024 @05:08AM (#40835994)

thank you! I'll check it out.

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