Bootstrapping a Free-List Allocator from Raw MemoryPremiseThe next post in this series covers building a custom async runtime. Before we can get there, we need a heap, without one, every data structure ...

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Published on March 10, 2026 | 30 min read

Helios is my long-horizon systems project: build an operating system and its core services from scratch, but do it incrementally in a way that keeps real functionality usable at each phase.Instead of jumping straight into kernel-only development, Helios will start with practical compo...

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Published on March 02, 2026 | 1 min read

Greetings! I’m Matthew Hambrecht, a Software Engineer focused on systems programming and AI infrastructure. I’m interested in performance-critical systems, efficient resource utilization, and building software that behaves predictably under load, particularly in AI infrastructure applications....

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Published on March 01, 2026 | 1 min read