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Probably this paper [1] is very well known among the classic HN audience, but I dare to leave this link here for the ones who missed it. It is an easy read and it just explains with plain words the backbone of the UNIX system as it was envisioned 50 years ago.

[1] https://dsf.berkeley.edu/cs262/unix.pdf



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