Today I Learned

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Categories

Artificial Intelligence[10]	Bash[1]	C++[4]
Command Line Tools[6]	Computer Networks[4]	Docker[1]
Git[1]	Kubernetes[1]	Miscellaneous[4]
Operating Systems[3]	Python[4]	Web Development[3]

Artificial Intelligence

• Deep Learning: CNNs
• Data Pre-Processing
• Deep Learning: Resources for learning
• Feature Scaling Techniques
• Regularization: A way to select features
• Large Language Models: Locally running one
• MCP Server: What is it all about?
• Papers on the reading list
• Reinforcement Learning: The 3rd class of Learning Problems
• Datasets for practicing

Bash

• Basic syntax: What is it really?

C++

• std::copy and its design
• Shallow Copy vs Deep Copy
• lock_guard: Locking mechanism
• malloc vs new

Command Line Tools

• bat: cat, but with syntax highlighting!
• fzf: Previewing a file
• fzf: A general-purpose command-line fuzzy finder
• jq: JSON formatter for the terminal
• yadm: Yet Another Dot Manager
• zoxide: cd on steroids

Computer Networks

• Signals
• Sniff packets on the network
• Sockets: A guide
• SSH: Cool way to connect to another machine in a local network

Docker

• Docker in 70 or so lines

Git

• Change git history with force pushing

Kubernetes

• Helm Charts: the package manager for Kubernetes

Miscellaneous

• ANSI escape codes
• Compression: Byte Pair Encoding
• Formatting Syntax for Github Markdown
• Data structures used for string matching and checking for existence in a hashmap

Operating Systems

• Never defrag an SSD
• Installing a Linux Distro alongside Windows
• Removing write protection from disk / USB drive

Python

• Find out last modified date of a file
• Important Modules To Learn About
• uv: The new virtual environment
• Walrus operator

Web Development

• Intro to CSS
• Basics of HTML
• What is web?

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