Vegard Stikbakke personal blog
Detecting file changes on macOS with kqueue
A while ago I wrote a small file watcher in Go for my own use with an accompanying blog post . I needed a tool that I could just plop in front of the command I was running as part of my iteration loop. I use it for recompiling C files when I modify them,
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Systems & PerformanceSoftware Engineering2026
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | Detecting file changes on macOS with kqueue by benhoyt | 101 | 16 |
