Binfmt Misc - GoKawiil

Linux kernel 7.3 released with record 18,765 commits

Linux kernel 7.3 has shipped, closing out the development cycle with 18,765 non-merge commits from 3,021 developers, including 807 first-time contributors. The release adds binfmt_misc extensions, group-scheduling improvements for large systems, a new failfs filesystem, the fchroot() system call, global per-CPU data for BPF programs, completion of the sched_ext subscheduler feature, working-set tracking for virtual machines, ntfs3 alternative data-stream support, and numerous SMB server improvements. The merge window for version 7.4 opens the following day.

lwn.net · 2026-10-19

Developer builds self-httpd, a web server that stores itself and its data in one SQLite file

Following up on his earlier SELF executable format that stores a program as a SQLite database, the author released self-httpd, a proof-of-concept web server whose code, website, routes, and visitor logs all live in a single SQLite file. The program reads its own instructions and writes new state, such as button-press logs, back into that same file transactionally, eliminating the need for separate folders like /var, /tmp, or /home.

fzakaria.com · 2026-08-26