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Haiku OSDeep Dive May 8, 2026 3 min read

Haiku's Kit-Based API: Application, Interface, Storage, and Media Kits

Haiku's native C++ API isn't one monolithic library — it's a set of separately-scoped 'Kits,' each owning one concern, that together define what writing software for Haiku actually looks like.

#api#kits#haiku

Haiku OSDeep Dive May 6, 2026 3 min read

The Looper/Handler Pattern: Message-Passing at the Core of Every Haiku App

Haiku applications don't poll for events in a manual loop — they define Handlers, and let a Looper thread dispatch messages to the right one automatically.

#looper-handler#api#haiku