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This is quite literally the most important skill for modern man

Most engineers learn system design backwards. They jump to Kubernetes before they understand what a network packet even does. Here’s the order that actually makes you dangerous: 1. Networks first HTTP. TCP. DNS. Latency vs throughput. This is the part nobody studies. This is like trying to bench 300lbs without learning to squat. 2. Databases second SQL vs NoSQL, indexes, replication, and partitioning. If you can’t reason about data -> you can’t reason about scale. 3. Caching Redis, CDNs, TTLs, eviction policies. 70% of scaling wins come from avoiding queries. 4. Queues & Streams Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS. This is how you decouple timelines and handle spikes without blowing up servers. 5. Load Balancing Round robin vs least connections vs consistent hashing. You understand how to scale horizontally without chaos. 6. Build 5 classic designs yourself - URL shortener - Rate limiter - Chat app - Feed system - Notifications 7. Read real-world post-mortems Real learning is failure exposure. You see what broke. You see WHY. You don’t become good at system design by memorizing diagrams. You become good by understanding the physics of distributed systems. Latency. Durability. Throughput. Availability. Cost. Those 5 forces rule everything.

llm.c by hand ✍️ C meets Transformer This combination is perhaps as low as we can get! Special thanks to @karpathy -- Part 1: gpt2_forward Karpathy's llm.c implements the transformer forward step as the following sequence. (skip)layernorm_forward 1. matmul_forward 2. attention_forward 3. matmul_forward (skip) residual_forward (skip) layernorm_forward 4. matmul_forward 5. gelu_forward 6. matmul_forward (skip)residual_forward -- Part 2: matmul_forward B: Batches (of Tokens) T: Tokens C: Input Channels OC: Output Channels -- C programming and matrix multiplication are two of the most important topics. But it is often difficult to get people excited by these topics. I hope this exercise can help people see further into the LLM black box, and appreciate C programming and matrix multiplication by hand. 😀 --- 100% original, made by hand ✍️ Join 45K+ readers of my newsletter: byhand.ai

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Andrej Karpathy's blueprint to master anything is genius:

So it's acceptable nowadays to say that I spend 10% of my coding time actually coding, and the other 90% just prompting the AI, right? Right?

the urge to lock in and read all 30 research papers ilya recommended

“no updates from my end”

"The sortie on Rafale is an unforgettable experience for me. This first flight on the potent Rafale aircraft has instilled in me a renewed sense of pride in the nation's defence capabilities. I congratulate the Indian Air Force and the entire team of Air Force Station, Ambala for organising this sortie successfully", the President wrote.

I recorded a 54-min tutorial on prompting beautiful landing pages using code references

crazy how that works

Tiki’s got his priorities straight if you ask me. @Tan_Stack

May the Guru Charan Yatra deepen our connect with the noble ideals of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Mata Sahib Kaur Ji. I urge people in the areas this yatra will cover to come and have Darshan of the holy 'Jore Sahib'.

Thank You Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar ji for joining us at the Consulate premises on Diwali ! Your message of “Yoga - as being the greatest unifier” resonates with all in Seattle ! @AmbVMKwatra @IndianEmbassyUS @MEAIndia @Gurudev 🧵(1/2)

This Diwali light a diya not just for joy but for the heroes who never returned home.

Presidential Message on Diwali "To every American celebrating Diwali, may this observance bring abiding serenity, prosperity, hope, and peace." - @POTUS whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…

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Naval Ravikant literally explained how to productize yourself to escape the rat race:

Let’s mark this festive season by celebrating the hardwork, creativity and innovation of 140 crore Indians. Let’s buy Indian products and say- Garv Se Kaho Yeh Swadeshi Hai! Do also share what you bought on social media. This way you will inspire others to also do the same.