Mohit Mishra
@chessMan786
engineer | engineering | learning to learn the low-level system
just got this heartwarming email from David Adams about my article on Postgres locking which just made my day! Super grateful for feedback like this. If you're into databases, check out the piece and let me know your thoughts! Article Link: mohitmishra786.github.io/chessman/2025/…
𝐊𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭() 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥() 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 System calls like 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭() and 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐥() let a program monitor multiple file descriptors at once for events like data ready to read or space available to write. At…
Making a game in C from scratch (All the way to Steam launch!)
𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 Building a program involves turning source code into an executable through several steps. Source files, written in languages like 𝐂 or assembly, feed into a compiler or assembler…
