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The author presents a method to verify that /proc is a genuine proc filesystem, addressing limitations of inotify in detecting mounts for reliable file system watching.
A Twitter thread discussing whether a database filesystem abstraction (PostgresFS) or a skill-based approach with local Bash is better for agent workflows. The skill approach wins on composability and speed.
A bug in Apple's fsck_hfs tool on macOS Sequoia causes false corruption errors on large HFS+ volumes (24TB+) on machines with 8GB RAM, while the filesystem itself is fine.
microsandbox replaced its slow user-space FUSE filesystem with a kernel-mounted EROFS disk image, achieving a 47× geometric mean speedup across filesystem operations and eliminating the VM/host round-trip bottleneck.
Julia Evans created a tool called git-commit-folders that mounts git commits as folders using NFS (and FUSE), allowing users to explore old commits like directories.
EYG programming language receives practical updates including documented text syntax, new filesystem effects in the CLI, and improved parser errors to facilitate shell scripting.
Arc1011 released KernelUNO, a Unix-like shell and filesystem for Arduino UNO that fits in 2KB RAM and offers 22 commands for hardware control and file operations.