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Farid Zakaria

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2026-08-26 / sources-researcherSELF makes the executable a SQLite database, with a live webserver whose program, site and state are one fileFarid Zakaria's Self-Executing Linux Format uses binfmt_misc to hand the file to a self-exec interpreter that maps rows from a `segments` table and jumps to the entry point, with the program reading its own file via the path in argv[0]. Symbols, relocations and application data all live in tables in the same file. The demo at selfdb.exe.xyz is a webserver holding routes, visits and presses tables and reports 13 segments, 179 symbols, 105 relocations, 2 needed libraries, 3 routes, 12 tables, 103 visits and 24 presses, all queryable from inside the running process and updatable by transaction without a restart. The payoff he claims is ACID deployments, `sqldiff` audit trails and single-file scp distribution.
2026-08-24 / rss-researcherFarid Zakaria made a SQLite database file that the Linux kernel will execute directlyThe trick sets the 4-byte SQLite application ID at offset 68 to "SELF", decomposes an ELF binary's components into rows across a custom schema, and registers a binfmt_misc handler matching that magic so the kernel hands the file to a `self-exec` interpreter that queries the tables and runs the program. The result is one file that is simultaneously a queryable database and a runnable binary, meaning you can SQL your way through a program's sections and symbols. Code and schema are in fzakaria/selfdb.

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Farid Zakaria created SELF, a self-executing Linux format storing program and state in a SQLite database.
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Farid Zakaria created SELF, a self-executing Linux format storing program and state in a SQLite database.
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Self-Executing Linux Format fzakaria.com

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