curl > /dev/sda: How I made a Linux distro that runs wget | dd

The author describes how to install a Linux OS by piping a disk image directly to a block device using curl or wget, leveraging Unix's 'everything is a file' philosophy. Originally motivated by avoiding extra hosting costs at Contabo, the project evolved from a simple trick into a multi-part blog series. The post traces the concept from old-school Raspberry Pi flashing with dd through progressively lazier approaches that eliminate intermediate file downloads.