Security veteran built his foundation on classic Unix and kernel books, doubts a chatbot could have taught 10% as much
joshua_saxe · x · 2026-09-23
Joshua Saxe recounts how his security foundation came from poring over hard copies of classics like 'Advanced Programming in the Unix Environment', C programming, x86 assembly, 'TCP/IP Illustrated', 'Protected Mode Software Architecture' and 'Linux Kernel Internals' — and doubts he could have learned even 10% as much from a chatbot.
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