Today I Learned

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Categories

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

Artificial Intelligence

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

Bash

• Basic syntax: What is it really?

C++

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

Command Line Tools

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

Computer Networks

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

Docker

• Docker in 70 or so lines

Kubernetes

• Helm Charts: the package manager for Kubernetes

Miscellaneous

• ANSI escape codes
• Formatting Syntax for Github Markdown
• Compression: Byte Pair Encoding

Operating Systems

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

Python

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

Web Development

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

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