Concept Wiki559 notes · 3,150 links
Notes & connections
Ongoing documentation of the subjects I’m learning about and the relationships between them. One note per concept, each written to stand on its own.
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15 domains
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Method
How to know things, and how to avoid being confidently wrong.
Ground TruthPlausible MechanismSilent FailureNaming
0233 notes
Computation & Algorithms
Algorithms, data structures, and what they cost.
Big-O NotationHash TableWrite-Ahead LoggingBinary Search
0340 notes
Agents & Language Models
How systems built on language models actually work, and how they fail.
Large Language ModelTool UseNondeterminismPrompt Engineering
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Web Platform
Where code runs, what ships, and what the browser does with it.
Performance BudgetCache InvalidationModule GraphDocument Object Model
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Design & Interface
Visual systems, motion, and access.
AccessibilityDesign SystemDesign TokenMotion Design
0624 notes
Testing & Verification
Establishing that something works, and recognizing when you have established nothing.
Race ConditionUnit TestFlaky TestInstrumentation
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Version Control & Delivery
Getting changes from a working copy into the world.
Code ReviewContinuous IntegrationVersion ControlPull Request
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Systems & Tooling
The machine underneath.
DeterminismIdempotenceSecret ManagementContainerization
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Data & Content
Modeling, storing, and publishing information.
Search Engine OptimizationDatabase MigrationInformation ArchitectureRelational Database
1014 notes
Graphics & Rendering
How images and worlds get computed.
Procedural GenerationSeeded RandomnessConstraint PropagationCellular Automaton
1179 notes
Play & Games
Games as designed experience, and the culture around them.
RoguelikeEnvironmental StorytellingGame FeelGame AI
1225 notes
Networks & Distribution
Coordination without a center.
Streaming ResponseEventual ConsistencyVirtual Private NetworkCaller ID Authentication
1317 notes
Matter & Energy
Light, force, heat, and motion.
Inertial Frame of ReferenceRolling ResistanceDispersionPascal's Principle
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Body & Medicine
Physiology, injury, and repair.
Physical DependenceNociceptionBone RemodelingMoist Wound Healing
1570 notes
Meaning & Society
Knowledge, language, and acting together.
TaxonomyPlain LanguageCollective ActionPrototype Theory