Ask HN: What projects are trying to reinvent core software infrastructure?

16 points by hariwb 2 years ago | 4 comments

In Lazygit Turns Five[0], the author mentions Jujutsu[1], which seems to be an effort to create a Git v2 that addresses some of the awkward edges of the initial implementation. I'm really interested in learning about similar efforts in other domains (i.e. video/audio transcoding, operating systems, programming languages, etc). Specifically, I'm curious about efforts that are roughly <= 5 years old and were initially started as individual projects. One example that (mostly) fits this category for me is Zig[2].

[0] https://jesseduffield.com/Lazygit-5-Years-On/ [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_LGilOuE4 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zig_(programming_language)

mikewarot 2 years ago |

One of my bucket list items is to bring about a new model of computation, the BitGrid[1]. It's a cross between a systolic array and FPGAs... but it would definitely NOT work as a practical FPGA.

On the other hand, maybe it could bring Exaflop computing to the masses? A million LUTs all working in parallel is a ton of horsepower. And it should only be a bit bigger than a 2 megabyte Static RAM

[1] https://github.com/mikewarot/Bitgrid/blob/master/WhyBitGrid....

jameskerr 2 years ago |

https://zed.brimdata.io

Reinventing data storage

Fully typed, no schemas.

mcdonje 2 years ago | |

Sounds very similar to a databricks style datalake, except with a custom file format instead of parquet.

fsflover 2 years ago |

> operating systems

https://qubes-os.org, a reasonably secure operating system.

Smartphones:

Librem 5 running desktop GNU/Linux and desktop apps.