Ask HN: How do you search for low level content nowadays?

One way I've dealt with this is to identify books on the topic. I'll search on DuckDuckGo, Amazon, Archive.org (where you might even find a pdf), etc. If I can find one that suits I'll buy a used (hopefully inexpensive) copy, if possible.

I noticed the same thing, especially with many of those old authoritative sources that seem to have disappeared or suffered from link rot. It reminds me a lot of the movie Soylent Green, where basic repairs had to be done custom because there were no replacements. Outside of academic journals and printed books, I don’t bother searching for information because it’s just not worth the effort given how hard it is to find reliable sources. The only way I’ve been dealing with this is by relearning my fundamentals. There are only so many ways hardware and software can be designed correctly, so I rely on recurring patterns, motifs, improving my reverse engineering skills, and adopting a clean-room design approach.

1. I rely more and more on official documentation alone, and the code itself, especially since SO went down the toilet.

2. Sometimes Copilot is actually useful. E.g. Zephyr frameworks[0] documentation is quite a hit and miss, and it's code is... well... it's a lot, made by a million people and it shows. When asking for example code for some arcane option, I found it frequently useful (something which I hate to admit).

[0] - okay, maybe Zephyr is not on the same low level as ASM, but you get the idea