The latest articles on DEV Community by Ethan (@toga56784). https://dev.to/toga56784 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3594469%2Fc688cc34-8294-43ad-9642-a0d81d11f845.png https://dev.to/toga56784 en Ethan Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:49:08 +0000 https://dev.to/toga56784/introducing-spira-making-a-shell-0-3kl8 https://dev.to/toga56784/introducing-spira-making-a-shell-0-3kl8 <p>I am a 13 year old aspiring systems dev and this is <strong><em>Spira</em></strong>.</p> <p>Welcome to the first post (of many to come) about a new project I have started! In this post I will cover what Spira is. How it will grow over the first few posts and why you should care.</p> <h2> What is Spira? </h2> <p><em>Spira</em> is a new shell program I have started working on which aims to have low level power but be accessible for everyday users. The name spira comes from the word spiral but without the "l" because I think it sounds cooler. It has been my dream to become a systems dev and I have decided to get a head start while I am still young.</p> <h2> How each post will work </h2> <p>Each post will cover a large milestone in Spira's development as well as mopping up any small changes I have made since the last post. Over the first few I will be making a basic REPL (Read-Eval-Print-Loop) and implementing some basic builtins.</p> <h2> Why you should care? </h2> <p>Honestly, I don't know why you should care... but if you have read this far you must be at least a bit interested. And if you ever want to check in with the project my account will be sending updates often so just head over to my page.</p> <h2> Other Notes: </h2> <ul> <li>I am using C++ 17 with CMake as a build system.</li> <li>The <strong>GitHub repo</strong> can be found at <a href="https://github.com/toga56784/spira" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/toga56784/spira</a> </li> </ul> <p>Thanks to any of the few people who have read my post and come back next time when I will be <strong>planning the shell!</strong></p> systems cpp programming github