29 posts tagged with "TLDR Notes"

What's the difference between a function, a closure and a monad? It's not a joke, it's a TLDR note.

React is all around us, but more specifically it's a monorepo containing several packages. Here's a breakdown on the structure of the core React codebase, also covers the React Scheduler and Reconciler.

I learnt Linux through practice and use, it was only later that I actually studied it. Here's a TLDR note on the structure of the Linux Kernel, also covers monolithic vs micro-kernels.

Notes on the evolution of Java Unsafe and off heap memory access - touches on Unsafe, FFM API and the Agrona DirectBuffer.

Some notes on false sharing and cache line padding.

Some notes on the basics of CPU caches - covers locality, write policies, hierarchy and inclusion policies.

Notes on HTTP2 and web server threading models. Covers servlets, web server/container architecture (Jetty), HTTP2, HTTP streams (prioritization, flow control) and SSE.

Notes on memory barriers and fencing.

Notes on AI/LLM guardrails and safety patterns from a book on "Agentic Design Patterns" by one of Google's Distinguished Engineers, Antonio Gulli.

Some introductory notes I took on Aeron whilst reading their documentation. Covers flow and congestion control, status messages and the transport protocol.