I wouldn't call it replacing the scheduler though - more that you've made a scheduler manager.
Scheduler Manager is definitely the more accurate term. Im just the middleman between the chaos and the kernel.
while BrainKernel replies: 'Objection overruled. You have 5 seconds to wrap up before SIGKILL.'
I might actually have to build a 'Process Defense Attorney' agent now. The logs would be hilarious.
But seriously, it does really bug me on principle that DropBox should use over half a GB simply because it uses Chromium, even when nothing is visible.
With Groq speed (Llama 3 @ 800t/s), inference is finally fast enough to be in the system loop.
i built this TUI to monitor my process tree. instead of just showing CPU %, it checks the context (parent process, disk I/O) to decide if a process is compiling code or bloatware. It roasts, throttles, or kills based on that.
Its my experiment in "Intelligent Kernels" how they would be. i used Delta Caching to keep overhead low.
I think we are moving toward a bilayered compute model: The Cloud: For massive reasoning.
The Local Edge: A small, resilient model that lives on-device and handles the OS loop, privacy, and immediate context.
BrainKernel is my attempt to prototype that Local Edge layer. Its messy right now, but I think the OS of 2030 will definitely have a local LLM baked into the kernel.
Now that’s a cursed take on power efficency
think of this more as a High-Level Governor. The NTOS scheduler decides which thread runs next, but this LLM decides if that process deserves to exist at all.
basically; NTOS tries to be fair to every process. BrainKernel overrides that fairness with judgment. if i suspend a process, i have effectively vetoed the scheduler.
This is a super simplification of the NTOS scheduler. It's not that dumb!
> if i suspend a process, i have effectively vetoed the scheduler.
I mean, I suppose? It's the NTOS scheduler doing the suspension. It's like changing the priority level -- sure, you can do it, but it's generally to your detriment outside of corner cases.
A 'Focus Mode' that doesn't just block URLs but literally murders the process if I open Steam or Civilization VI.
I could probably add a --mode strict flag that swaps the system prompt to be a ruthless productivity coach. 'Oh, you opened Discord? Roast and Kill.'
Thanks for the idea mate!
Sadly the only project I've found was for windows OS
