Interesting case of /proc and /dev on POSIX systems

TL;DR If you want to have a good read, I’d recommend skipping the TL;DR segment. You might miss some fun when reading the article if you read this out. You’ve been warned. /dev/stdin, /dev/stdout, and /stderr are not required to be implemented by the POSIX standard, but are listed as POSIX extensions. Similarly, /proc (or the procfs) is also just listed as an extension just once in the POSIX standard, with no mention of what things need to be there inside. ...

April 6, 2025 · 9 min · Yaksh Bariya

Streaming FreeCodeCamp's Coderadio using mpv

Motivation Who doesn’t like to be cool on the internet and amongst other developer friends? Anyone? Everyone like to flex their skills. Isn’t it? It’s much more cool to listen 24x7 to Lofi on the terminal, whereas your friends may be stuck on ads every now and then. Besides looking cool, having a browser open for streaming music isn’t a good deal. Browsers are way too bloates especially if you’re low on resources. ...

September 19, 2022 · 5 min · Yaksh Bariya