Eric Park
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Developer working on fun personal projects, sometimes actually useful. #compsci @ #Purdue, fullstack developer at #BlissLabs. Expect a continuous stream of consciousness that only makes sense sometimes.
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My only guess as to why it thinks this way is the naming scheme: Apple, in moving away from kernel extensions, renamed them to "legacy system extensions." Perhaps LLMs are confusing the two and believe that TS runs in kernel space.
September 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
My only guess as to why it thinks this way is the naming scheme: Apple, in moving away from kernel extensions, renamed them to "legacy system extensions." Perhaps LLMs are confusing the two and believe that TS runs in kernel space.
But of course LLMs don't understand this and think Tailscale and other system extension developers need to fix their code. Userspace code *should not ever* be able to crash the kernel, ever, even with the worst possible code designed to intentionally try and crash the kernel.
September 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
But of course LLMs don't understand this and think Tailscale and other system extension developers need to fix their code. Userspace code *should not ever* be able to crash the kernel, ever, even with the worst possible code designed to intentionally try and crash the kernel.
The reason this pisses me off is because it's so wrong. Network extensions are not the cause of kernel panics. Apple moved away from legacy .kexts to system extensions like NE precisely because they run in userland: eclecticlight.co/2024/07/24/h...
How macOS is moving away from kernel extensions
How 3rd party developers used KPIs for drivers and much else in kernel extensions. These are now being replaced progressively by System Extensions. This is the state of play.
eclecticlight.co
September 28, 2025 at 5:00 AM
The reason this pisses me off is because it's so wrong. Network extensions are not the cause of kernel panics. Apple moved away from legacy .kexts to system extensions like NE precisely because they run in userland: eclecticlight.co/2024/07/24/h...
I know that on iOS there is a little notch back button, but that doesn't show up if you open an app via notification, only if the current app launches the new app. And that one is one-level only IIRC.
August 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I know that on iOS there is a little notch back button, but that doesn't show up if you open an app via notification, only if the current app launches the new app. And that one is one-level only IIRC.
That remaining legitimate use case means sites will break on Firefox. Users will get the impression that Firefox is jank and move to Chromium-based browsers, which is worse.
August 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
That remaining legitimate use case means sites will break on Firefox. Users will get the impression that Firefox is jank and move to Chromium-based browsers, which is worse.
Service is temporarily back following guidance to downgrade to 1.10.1. I'm also working on setting up a status page; too many services and uptime's not properly tracked.
August 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Service is temporarily back following guidance to downgrade to 1.10.1. I'm also working on setting up a status page; too many services and uptime's not properly tracked.
dammit this isn't a new word and people are using it already??
July 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
dammit this isn't a new word and people are using it already??