--- title: Best Low Level Learning posts — October 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Low Level Learning posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of/2024/10 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of/2024/10 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Low Level Learning posts — October 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Low Level Learning posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Low Level Learning — October 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/is-open-source-safer--qarit9w2l "Is Open Source Safer?") Video Low Level Learning · 2y Is Open Source Safer? Open source software, such as firmware like DD-WRT and OpenWRT, is considered safer from a security perspective because it is widely audited by the community. This widespread scrutiny makes it difficult to introduce vulnerabilities or backdoors. In contrast, proprietary router firmware often prioritizes meeting deadlines and economic constraints, which can compromise security. 32 3 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/why-go-is-beautiful-qniaaaj8r "Why Go Is Beautiful") Video Low Level Learning · 2y Why Go Is Beautiful Discusses the beauty of Go's memory management system. Highlights how Go moves certain local structures to the heap, preventing issues like dangling pointers commonly encountered in languages like C. 27 1 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/this-new-linux-feature-makes-hacking-impossible-5qjzgwrow "this new Linux feature makes hacking IMPOSSIBLE") Video Low Level Learning · 2y this new Linux feature makes hacking IMPOSSIBLE In 2024, memory corruption remains the leading cause of hacks. A new Linux kernel feature called mseal aims to mitigate this by preventing hackers from exploiting vulnerabilities. mseal, developed by Jeff Zoo, seals a memory page, making it impossible to change its permissions or expand it, thus hindering common hacking techniques like buffer overflows. This feature, however, comes with some limitations, particularly regarding its application to the heap and stack memory regions. 16 [See all Low Level Learning archives](/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of/2024/10#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of/2024/10","name":"Best Low Level Learning Posts — October 2024","description":"The most upvoted Low Level Learning posts from October 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of/2024/10#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/is-open-source-safer--qarit9w2l","name":"Is Open Source Safer?"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-go-is-beautiful-qniaaaj8r","name":"Why Go Is Beautiful"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/this-new-linux-feature-makes-hacking-impossible-5qjzgwrow","name":"this new Linux feature makes hacking IMPOSSIBLE"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Low Level Learning","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lowlevellearning/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"October 2024"}]}]} ```