Reading up on FreeBSD
7 deep · digging since jan 02
- Anti-Patterns in Software Blogging
The article lists common software‑blogging anti‑patterns—meandering intros, assumed knowledge, overlinking, sequel bait, excessive formality, and poor mobile/readability—and offers fixes for developers.
- Divan Visagie
Using FreeBSD as a primary OS for a summer revealed BSD’s diverse family, ZFS’s replaceable‑drive OS installs, focused‑OS benefits, and OpenBSD’s pledge security model.
- Who Handles Your Security Reviews?
LLMs can both detect and introduce security flaws, so developers should adopt regular security reviews using tools, humans, or ecosystem programs.
- Ask HN: What are you working on? (May 2026)
In the May 2026 Ask HN thread, dozens of developers describe their current projects, including an AI-driven tabletop simulator, a Kagi alternative, and a FreeBSD release.
- FreeBSD doesn't have Wi-Fi driver for my old MacBook, so AI built one for me
A developer ports the Linux brcmfmac Wi-Fi driver to FreeBSD using an AI coding agent, producing a buggy kernel module with known issues that is not recommended for production use.
- Nanolang: A tiny experimental language designed to be targeted by coding LLMs
Nanolang is a minimal experimental language with prefix notation and compile-time tests, designed to reduce coding errors made by LLMs.
- What are you doing this weekend?
A developer recounts returning to FreeBSD for a home NAS after years on Linux, praising its simplicity for servers but sticking with Arch for desktops.