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Nov 03
Weight-Space Programming: Can LLMs Read and Edit Neural Network Weights?16 min read
Architecture Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Large Language Models
Nov 02
How LLMs Really Work: From Tokens to Text8 min read
Architecture Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Transformers Systems
Nov 02
RPC Explained: Remote Procedure Calls from First Principles6 min read
Backend Engineering Distributed Systems API Design Networking
Nov 02
Why gRPC Uses HTTP/27 min read
Distributed Systems gRPC HTTP Networking
Oct 26
HTTP Internals: The Evolution from HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 QUIC9 min read
Distributed Systems Networking Protocols HTTP Performance
Oct 26
Linux System Internals: I/O Multiplexing, select, poll, and epoll8 min read
Architecture Linux Operating Systems Systems Programming Concurrency
Oct 26
TCP Internals: Socket Buffers, Sliding Windows, and Kernel Tuning6 min read
Infrastructure Networking TCP Linux Systems Programming Reliability
Oct 25
API Evolution: Backward Compatibility and Safe Migrations7 min read
Backend Engineering API Design Architecture Reliability