You also mentioned in the blog about redhat linux -- oh yes.. I remember the early slackware. I was using a microchannel system at the time, so one of the first steps was trying to build (some coding) a scsi driver for microchannel... !
Looking forward to it. Another child of the 80s home computer revolution (as was I, in the UK). UK here - BBC micro then the infamous Amiga - as you mentioned in the blog this was a real OS - device drivers & shared libraries being another important aspect
Glad to say I've stuck with *nix most of my professional life, and more latterly open source.
I use opnsense, which of course has it's origins in pfsense. it's a great project, but I have annoyances with FreeBSD - ppp, and the python framework so excited to see what your new development brings.
I'm also another seasoned software engineer now using AI full time - in fact as I sit here during some vacation time the screen next to me is working on a rust-based project - I'm much more a fan of type-safe languages! But I am mostly an agent supervisor now ;-)
Hoping the project goes well & look forward to trying out, and if it fits into my environment ok, hopefully be able to contribute too (in the free microseconds in the working day lol)