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A thought-provoking Hacker News discussion reveals how file systems form the critical foundation of computing yet remain overlooked in mainstream tech discourse. Developers and engineers debate why this fundamental layer receives less attention compared to higher-level innovations despite its performance implications.

While notorious for budget failures, the Pentagon operates America's top-performing schools, maintains a 70-year nuclear safety record, and deploys renewable energy faster than civilian agencies. This investigation reveals the seven structural advantages enabling DoD's execution excellence and asks what tech leaders can learn from its disciplined systems.

Systems engineers Chi and Connor launch 'tiny-llm'—a hands-on course for implementing LLM serving systems from the ground up. Using Apple's MLX framework, participants build and optimize Qwen2-7B-Instruct inference across three intensive weeks, replacing black-box solutions with fundamental matrix operations. The project addresses the growing need for engineers to understand LLM internals beyond abstract APIs.