Low-Level Academy
Learning and science
systems programming course
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How HN took it
18 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.60.
Idea: 6 for, 0 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Thanks and praise for making low-level learning accessible
From 5 comments
Looks amazing, thanks for making it. Can anyone contribute courses/material to it given its open source?
nikivi on HNThanks for making this! We need more people with low level understanding of how everything works and how to do it from scratch (so that we can ultimately make things simpler to…
nyxtom on HNJust want to thank you for making this. I'm a JavaScript developer (just made a career change from law...) but I'm interested in dipping my toes in the water with "low level"…
marlowe221 on HNHere's some feedback: This is absolutely wonderful!
rkalla on HNAnything that makes the opaque accessible is a worthy undertaking. Kudos!
Aurum197 on HN
Interest in paying or sponsoring development
From 2 comments
This looks fantastic, I would be willing to pay money for this honestly. Might sponsor development.
gavinray on HNI would definitely pay at least the cost of a good eBook or two for this
bmcfeeley on HN
Objections
Firewall flagged the site as malicious
From 1 comment
My company's firewall blocks lowlvl.org as a malicious site! Go figure! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
durgaswaroop on HN
Requests
Accessibility and screen reader support
From 1 comment
Thank you! > Are there ways that others can support this work? There's one important thing I'd very much like to add: accessibility. I've yet to find a good way to make this work…
nbaksalyar on HN
Add a CONTRIBUTING guide and fix license template
From 1 comment
Thanks for making this. It looks like your code is dual-licensed between MIT and Apache. How do you indicate which code is under which license? Also, just a heads up, it looks…
Dangeranger on HN
Questions
How can others contribute or support the work
From 2 comments
As someone who’s interested in low-level programming, I’d really like to say thank you for creating this. Are there ways that others can support this work?
kaeland on HNHi Nikita, this is a fantastic idea. I've have been working with low level programming for a long time and would love to contribute new lessons. How can I do that?
Serious_Cheese on HN
Is there a proper learning order
From 1 comment
> and I will keep adding more lessons As someone that doesn't know anything about low level, I am hestitant to jump into any of these lessons because I have this idea in my mind…
olah_1 on HN
Alternatives named
MIT 6.828 and other university systems courses
From 1 comment
I am a bit late to the party, but as it happens some top universities have made some of their systems programming courses publicly available, and if you want to get into systems…
charlysl on HN
Nand2Tetris
From 1 comment
Somewhat related but not exactly related to Low-Level Academy, you might be interested in "Nand2Tetris" if you're interested in studying low level concepts for education purposes.
arthtyagi on HN
Programming from the Ground Up
From 1 comment
This reminds me of Programming from the Ground Up[1]. Although this seems to focus much more on networking. I wonder if someone could write a Programming from the Ground Up style…
olah_1 on HN