Tmp.0ut Volume 5
- ID
- 20534
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 01 Sep 2026, 7:26 AM
- Fetched
- 02 Sep 2026, 9:32 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://tmpout.sh/5/
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 4.0
- Created
- 02 Sep 2026, 9:35 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
Tmp.0ut Volume 5 is an August 2026 hacker zine featuring low-level programming articles and an interview with Doug McIlroy. It includes technical deep dives into a 57-byte x86-64 Linux ELF, a 440-byte metamorphic ELF-64 virus, and using Brainfuck as a ROP compiler.
Why it matters
While not directly applicable to typical SaaS or AI development, it offers extreme examples of binary size optimization and esoteric compiler techniques that can inspire creative problem-solving in highly constrained environments.
Discussion angle
Discuss how the techniques used to fit a working ELF binary into 57 bytes or compile Brainfuck into ROP chains might translate to thinking differently about constraints in everyday software engineering.