sysk a CLI health monitor in bash and python, how i built it

Sysk architecture Design notes on Sysk, a small system health monitor. Intro Sysk is a command-line system health monitor built in Bash and Python. Bash collects machine data, handles flags, and drives the user interface. Python runs the inference and decision engines. This article records the design of v1: what the system does, which decisions shaped it, and where those decisions cost something. System design The pipeline is four stages: collect --> infer --> decide --> print v1 collects data across five modules: cpu disk memory thermal sound Each module presented a different reading problem. The rest of the article follows the pipeline above. 1. Data collection (Bash) Decision 1: read kernel files instead of running helper programs The main collection decision was to read kernel-exported files rather than treat programs such as top or free as the source of truth. Advantages fewer extra binaries, s