CS 100

Students build a Unix shell from scratch across four assignments, using system calls like fork, wait, exec, pipe, and dup, providing deep practical experience with process and file management.

The course emphasizes mastering powerful tools like git, vim, gdb, valgrind, and cppcheck, with the README stating that mastering these increases programming efficiency and comfort with unconventional tools.

The final project requires improving documentation for an existing open source project, fostering real-world collaboration skills and potential long-term impact on the community.

It promotes curiosity, efficiency, and creative tool usage, as defined in the README's hacker philosophy, encouraging students to understand edge cases and break things occasionally.