Serge Zaitsev

Tmux for Mere Mortals

Tmux is great. Tmux defaults are not. How to make use of a brilliant tool without breaking your fingers?

Linux containers in a few lines of code

Trying to figure out how Linux containers work by implementing them from scratch in C.

Awfice – A collection of tiny office suite apps

Let's build a tiny browser-based office suite - a text editor, a speadsheet, a drawing app and a presentation maker - all in four lines of code.

How to write a toy JVM

Exploring JVM specification and trying to write a little code to interpret a Java class like a real JVM.

Zig, the Small Language

Zig programming language is new, but it's getting a well deserved attention. Can it be a good fit for small-and-simple programming tasks?

By the Power of Grayscale

A brief introduction into computer vision and image processing using Grayskull library.

How to create minimal music with code in any programming language

Making music with low-level C code, from a simple saw wave to playing melodies

Scalable, Resilient Brainfuck

Building Brainf∗ck interpreter for the 21 century, with all the best systems design practices in mind. Think of Brainf∗ck-as-a-service cloud solution!

VisiCalc Reconstructed

Building a minimal VisiCalc clone from scratch in C to understand how spreadsheets work.

Minimal Cross-Platform Graphics

Exploring how to use 2D graphics in various desktop operating systems, the old-school way. In this part we learn how to create an empty window under Linux, macOS and Windows.

Post-Apocalyptic Programming

In a post-apocalyptic future with no internet or stackoverflow, let's try to build a programming environment from scratch.

A “Better C” Benchmark

An unusual benchmark for programming languages, designed to replace C. Unlike many other benchmarks, this one measures developer productivity and performance.

Ode to J

From a confusing page of old C code to APL/J praise.

KVM host in a few lines of code

Trying to figure out how KVM-based virtual machine hosts work by implementing one from scratch.

Let's make the worst Htmx

Learning how htmx works by building one from scratch.

AI or Ain't: Eliza

Explore the intriguing history of Eliza, a pioneering chatbot, and learn how to implement a basic version in Go, unraveling the roots of conversational AI.

Poor Man's Web

The Small Web Renaissance, Finger, Gopher and Gemini. How they work and what makes them different from the modern Big Web.

Partcl – a tiny command language