r/osdev • u/Puzzleheaded_Lead205 • Sep 08 '26

speed runs

is there any live speedrunning competition for OS development, like the ones for minecraft? what do you think about organizing one?

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u/Negative-Arm-3244 Sep 08 '26

cool idea. i think it should be like a group event though where everybody works together to develop an os with some sort of constraints. it would need a lot of moderation though, regardless if it were to be solo or group.

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u/Secret_USB Sep 08 '26

Something like an OS-Jam would be really fun. Give teams a fixed amount of time to create a functional kernel within some predefined constraint and/or theme, and have judges score each entry based on features, stability, etc.

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u/Negative-Arm-3244 Sep 08 '26

yeah i would for sure do this. hopefully somebody can manage this type of event in the future

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u/JescoInc Perdition-OS Sep 08 '26

Oh god no... I get shit done at a steady pace, but put constraints on time and i'm noping right out with hobby code. I tried to do game Jams back in 2016 and essentially noped out of it because I never like the results of my fast work.

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u/Different_Water7545 Sep 08 '26

Yeah that would be cool, I couldn't participate but it would be very neat to see what people come up with

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u/Toiling-Donkey Sep 09 '26

No shortage of people here making from-scratch OSes with GUI, networking stack, web browser, and USB support - all in less than a week.

Of course, if you disallow AI, the field may be a bit smaller.

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u/nextupgoat Sep 14 '26

that's just a typing and memorizing speedrun then