# reading chapter — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover reading chapter. Page: Feed: --- ## [EP0025 Writer’s Notebook: Words of Encouragement (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0025-writers-notebook-words-of) _2026-08-17 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ Say the thing you most need to hear [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186695/b8203342de3478a17059d5dc773652a8.mp3) ## [Chapter 40 — Shell Job References with %1](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/14/chapter-40-shell-job-references-with-1/) _2026-08-14 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ Before reading the shell examples in this chapter, be explicit about the prompt transition: toyix is the kernel monitor. ush is the user shell. So when this chapter shows commands like: those commands must be typed inside the user shell after toyix run shell. Chapter 39 made /programs/ name usable as a launch target. That fixed Continue Reading "Chapter 40 — Shell Job References with %1" ## [Chapter 39 — Path-Based Program Launching with /programs](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/13/chapter-39-path-based-program-launching-with-programs/) _2026-08-13 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ Before reading the shell examples in this chapter, be explicit about the prompt transition: toyix is the kernel monitor. ush is the user shell. So when this chapter shows commands like: those commands must be typed inside the user shell after toyix run shell. Two other constraints still apply in this chapter: So cat README Continue Reading "Chapter 39 — Path-Based Program Launching with /programs" ## [Chapter 38 — Turning /programs into a Real Directory](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/12/chapter-38-turning-programs-into-a-real-directory/) _2026-08-12 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ Before reading the shell examples in this chapter, be explicit about the prompt transition: toyix is the kernel monitor. ush is the user shell. So when this chapter shows commands like: those commands must be typed inside the user shell after toyix run shell. In Chapter 37, Toyix gained its first real directory support at Continue Reading "Chapter 38 — Turning /programs into a Real Directory" ## [Chapter 37 — Directories, SYS\_READDIR, and ls](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/11/chapter-37-directories-sys_readdir-and-ls/) _2026-08-11 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ In Chapter 36, Toyix gained file metadata: The shell could now do: Now we are ready for the next filesystem milestone: This chapter adds: After this chapter: For compatibility with the previous chapters, /programs will remain a regular text file for now: The root directory / becomes the first actual directory. 1. What this chapter Continue Reading "Chapter 37 — Directories, SYS\_READDIR, and ls" ## [Chapter 36.5 – A Testing Detour and a Real Smoke Harness](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/10/chapter-36-5-a-testing-detour-and-a-real-smoke-harness/) _2026-08-10 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ Chapter 36 added SYS\_STAT, which was the right filesystem step. But it also exposed a testing problem that has been growing for a while. Right now, Toyix testing is split across three awkward places: That worked while the system was small. It does not scale well now that Toyix has: The biggest smell is that Continue Reading "Chapter 36.5 A Testing Detour and a Real Smoke Harness" ## [EP0024 Writer’s Notebook: Some Thoughts on a Media Diet (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0024-writers-notebook-some-thoughts) _2026-08-10 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ A manifesto for cutting down on everything [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186660/4e93a842b7d81f6fc01a3e4eba9c02d7.mp3) ## [Chapter 35 — SYS\_SEEK and Rewindable File Descriptors](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/07/chapter-35-sys_seek-and-rewindable-file-descriptors/) _2026-08-07 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ In Chapter 34, Toyix gained its first tiny file layer: The shell could now do: But file descriptors were strictly forward-only. Once a file was read, its offset moved forward. There was no way to rewind, skip, or query position. This chapter adds: After this chapter, userland can do: And the shell gains a small Continue Reading "Chapter 35 — SYS\_SEEK and Rewindable File Descriptors" ## [Chapter 34 — First RAMFS and Core File APIs](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/06/chapter-34-first-ramfs-and-core-file-apis/) _2026-08-06 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ By the end of Chapter 33, Toyix could launch child processes, inspect child state from the shell, and request cooperative termination: At this point, Toyix can: The next major subsystem is files. This chapter adds the first tiny filesystem path: After this chapter, the user shell can do: This is not a disk filesystem yet. Continue Reading "Chapter 34 — First RAMFS and Core File APIs" ## [Chapter 33 — Process Termination and Kill Checks](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/05/chapter-33-process-termination-and-kill-checks/) _2026-08-05 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ By the end of Chapter 32, Toyix could launch child processes, wait for them, and keep exited children around as zombies until the parent collected them. For this chapter, we also extend the shell and syscall ABI just enough to inspect child state from user mode: That gives the shell basic process ownership and job-state Continue Reading "Chapter 33 — Process Termination and Kill Checks" ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZzMVB7jwnoEk) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Chapter 32 — Process Ownership, Waiting, and Job State](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/04/chapter-32-process-ownership-waiting-and-job-state/) _2026-08-04 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ In Chapter 32, the user shell gained: That let a user process launch another user process: The flow worked: But the process model was too loose. Any process could wait for any PID. This chapter tightens that up. We will add: After this chapter, a child process belongs to the process that launched it: Then: Continue Reading "Chapter 32 — Process Ownership, Waiting, and Job State" ## [Chapter 31 — SYS\_EXEC, SYS\_WAITPID, and Shell-Launched Programs](https://www.coderancher.us/2026/08/03/chapter-31-sys_exec-sys_waitpid-and-shell-launched-programs/) _2026-08-03 · R. Morgan · www.CodeRancher.Us_ In Chapter 30, Toyix gained its first user-mode shell: But the shell could not launch programs yet. The kernel monitor could run programs: but the user shell could not. This chapter adds the first user-facing process-control syscalls: At first, SYS\_EXEC still launches programs from the embedded program registry. We are not loading from a filesystem Continue Reading "Chapter 31 — SYS\_EXEC,… ## [EP0023 Review: The Magic of Israel Regardie (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0023-review-the-magic-of-israel) _2026-08-03 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ Give my regards to Regardie [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186644/dea6a12dc21c6c6e3ec11a61ce5a426d.mp3) ## [EP0022 Review: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0022-review-feel-the-fear-and-do) _2026-07-27 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ Hate self-help but read it anyway [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186607/2f7cc599880a8c976010dccec434ddc0.mp3) ## [Chapter 23: July 2026 — Ask Me Anything](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/chapter-23-july-2026-ask-me-anything) _2026-07-23 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ Deflect question with humour. Hold for laugh. ## [EP0021 Dave McKean on his Creative Process (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0021-dave-mckean-on-his-creative) _2026-07-20 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ I have the inexplicable urge to start painting again [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186573/72f7f25d5a757beeef136c997b7f9695.mp3) ## [EP0020 Notes: Generation Hex (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0020-notes-generation-hex-reading) _2026-07-13 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ Notes from a book that rewired my brain [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186505/fdfc280a80b070930319fd40ced1c9f0.mp3) ## [EP0019 Some Notes on Presentation Skills (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0019-some-notes-on-presentation) _2026-07-06 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ Notes from a public speaking workshop that actually helped [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202186343/861182726aa2bc9482d1498dbcb9c83e.mp3) ## [EP0018 Why Do You Write? To Show the World its Own Dreams (Reading) - Chapter 23 by James Garside](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/ep0018-why-do-you-write-to-show-the) _2026-06-29 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ My answer to a question you should never try to answer [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/202185091/aee57426646e904e7c7f0b2252fda6b6.mp3) ## [Chapter 23: June 2026 — Happy Birthday to Me](https://jamesgarside.substack.com/p/chapter-23-june-2026-happy-birthday) _2026-06-23 · James Garside · Chapter 23 by James Garside_ I know it's more candles than cake at this point but you're still allowed to make a wish. ## [Generate Viral Hot Takes (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tEidG1BzaZYK) _2026-06-23 · **Sponsored**_ Get platform-optimized hot takes and rebuttals to spark debate and engagement ## [Book 1 is live!](https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/6029/) _2025-08-05 · ErraticErrata · A Practical Guide to Evil_ Hey everyone! The first book of A Practical Guide to Evil is live on Amazon! Finally made it to publication. The Amazon algorithm feeds on early sales and ratings/reviews, so if you can spare the time to throw a rating or a couple of lines of review it would help enormously. APGTE is a very Continue reading Book 1 is live! ## [Book Release](https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/book-release/) _2025-07-30 · ErraticErrata · A Practical Guide to Evil_ Hey there! For those of you unaware, the final version of the first volume of A Practical Guide to Evil will be coming out on August 5th on Amazon as an ebook and audiobook. You can find them here and the paper version is soon to follow. Sadly, the means the WordPress version of the Continue reading Book Release