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2026
(16)
Sep 08
VIDEO
Quantization Fundamentals: How LLMs Run Efficiently with Reduced Memory and Fast Arithmetic
AI Systems
#quantization
#llm-inference
#gpu-memory
Jun 21
VIDEO
How Redis Implements Strings: A Deep Dive into SDS and Encoding
Systems Internals
#redis
#sds
#string-encoding
Jun 20
VIDEO
How Redis Powers Geospatial Queries with the GeoHash Algorithm
Systems Internals
#redis
#geospatial-queries
#geohash
Jun 20
VIDEO
How Redis Implements LFU Eviction Using Morris Counter
Systems Internals
#redis
#lfu
#eviction-strategy
Jun 14
VIDEO
How Redis Implements Memory-Efficient Sets with Intset
Systems Internals
#redis
#intset
#data-structures
Jun 13
VIDEO
How Redis Internally Implements Memory Efficient Lists: Ziplist and Quicklist
Systems Internals
#redis
#data-structures
#memory-management
May 31
VIDEO
How and Why Redis Overrides Malloc: Deep Dive into jemalloc and tcmalloc
Systems Internals
#redis
#memory-management
#jemalloc
May 30
VIDEO
How Redis Caps Its Memory Usage: A Deep Dive into Redis Internals
Systems Internals
#redis
#memory-management
#systems-internals
May 24
VIDEO
Implementing Redis's Approximated LRU Algorithm: A Go Deep Dive
Systems Internals
#redis
#lru
#eviction
May 23
VIDEO
Redis's Approximated LRU Algorithm: Deep Dive into Memory-Efficient Eviction
Systems Internals
#redis
#lru
#caching
May 10
VIDEO
Redis Persistence: Understanding and Implementing Append Only Files (AOF)
Databases
#redis
#persistence
#aof
May 03
VIDEO
Redis Key Eviction Strategies and Approximated Implementations
Systems Internals
#redis
#eviction
#memory-management
Apr 26
VIDEO
Implementing Redis GET, SET, and TTL Commands with Expiry Logic
Systems Internals
#redis
#key-value-store
#ttl
Apr 18
VIDEO
Implementing Redis' PING Command: A Deep Dive into RESP and Server Internals
Systems Internals
#redis
#resp
#go
Apr 12
VIDEO
Implementing the Redis Serialization Protocol (RESP) Decoder in Go
Systems Internals
#redis
#resp
#go-lang
Jan 03
VIDEO
How MySQL's Midpoint Insertion Strategy Prevents Cache Pollution
Databases
#mysql
#innodb
#caching
2025
(4)
Nov 14
BLOG
What are Blocking Queues and Why We Need Them
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
Sep 24
BLOG
Why gRPC Uses HTTP2
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#networking
#system-design
Sep 04
BLOG
Why and How Cache Locality Can Make Your Code Faster
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#caching
#memory-management
Sep 02
BLOG
Why does DNS use both UDP and TCP
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#caching
#fault-tolerance
2024
(13)
Sep 15
BLOG
Paper Notes - On-demand Container Loading in AWS Lambda
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#caching
#cryptography
Aug 28
BLOG
Paper Notes - NanoLog - A Nanosecond Scale Logging System
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#caching
#networking
Aug 02
VIDEO
DragonflyDB's DashTables: A Deep Dive into High-Performance Data Storage
Databases
#dragonflydb
#redis
#dashtables
Jul 26
VIDEO
DragonflyDB's B+ Tree Implementation for Sorted Sets: A Deep Dive into Memory and Throughput Gains
Databases
#dragonflydb
#redis
#sorted-set
Jul 11
VIDEO
Understanding TCP TIME_WAIT and Resolving "Address Already in Use" Errors
Systems Internals
#tcp
#networking
#sockets
Jul 05
VIDEO
Architecture and Internals of Blacksmith: Accelerating GitHub Actions with Hardware-First Optimization
Systems Internals
#ci-cd
#github-actions
#systems-internals
Apr 26
VIDEO
Database Join Algorithms: How Nested Loop, Sort-Merge, and Hash Joins Work Internally
Databases
#databases
#systems-internals
#query-optimization
Apr 19
VIDEO
How PostgreSQL Parses Queries and Constructs the Parse Tree
Systems Internals
#postgresql
#databases
#systems-internals
Apr 12
VIDEO
PostgreSQL Connection Management: The Process-per-Client Model Deep Dive
Systems Internals
#postgresql
#systems-internals
#operating-systems
Mar 09
VIDEO
Understanding Network Protocols: Deconstructing HTTP and Designing Custom Protocols from Scratch
Networking
#http
#networking
#tcp-ip
Feb 08
VIDEO
Why Thread Pools Exist and How to Implement Them
Systems Internals
#concurrency
#multithreading
#thread-pools
Jan 30
VIDEO
Choosing the Right String Column Data Type: CHAR vs VARCHAR vs TEXT
Databases
#databases
#postgresql
#mysql
Jan 04
VIDEO
How Pass by Value vs Pass by Pointer Works Internally: An Assembly Deep Dive
Systems Internals
#golang
#systems-internals
#assembly
2023
(4)
Sep 28
VIDEO
Navigating Massive Codebases: A First-Principles Guide to Reading and Understanding Complex Software
Systems Internals
#software-engineering
#systems-internals
#code-reading
Apr 21
VIDEO
Building a Multi-Threaded TCP Server from Scratch: Socket Programming & Concurrency Internals
Systems Internals
#networking
#tcp-ip
#socket-programming
Apr 02
VIDEO
Understanding Endianness: Little-Endian vs. Big-Endian in Systems and Serialization
Systems Internals
#endianness
#systems-internals
#serialization
Mar 19
VIDEO
DATETIME vs TIMESTAMP in Databases: Storage Internals, Timezones, and Trade-Offs
Databases
#databases
#mysql
#sql
2022
(8)
Oct 14
VIDEO
Building a Simple Synchronous TCP Echo Server: Foundations of Redis Internals
Systems Internals
#redis
#networking
#tcp-sockets
Oct 14
VIDEO
Deconstructing Redis Internals: Architecture, Event Loops, and Memory Mechanics
Systems Internals
#redis
#systems-internals
#io-multiplexing
Jul 11
VIDEO
Internal Structure of a Hash Table: The Two-Step Hashing Architecture
Algorithms & Data Structures
#hash-tables
#data-structures
#memory-management
May 20
VIDEO
Why Caching Fails to Speed Up Mark-and-Sweep Garbage Collection
Systems Internals
#garbage-collection
#caching
#systems-internals
May 06
VIDEO
Tricolor Abstraction: Foundations of Concurrent Garbage Collection
Systems Internals
#garbage-collection
#memory-management
#systems-internals
Apr 29
VIDEO
Mark and Sweep Garbage Collection: Architecture, Mechanics, and Optimizations
Systems Internals
#garbage-collection
#memory-management
#runtime-systems
Apr 22
VIDEO
How to Pick a Garbage Collector: The Seven Core Trade-Offs
Systems Internals
#garbage-collection
#memory-management
#systems-internals
Mar 25
VIDEO
What are Embedded Databases and Why Do They Exist?
Systems Internals
#databases
#systems-internals
#sqlite
2021
(8)
Jun 09
BLOG
Fork Bomb
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#memory-management
#operating-systems
May 31
VIDEO
CPython Internals: How the 'is' and 'is not' Operators Are Implemented
Systems Internals
#python
#cpython
#systems-internals
May 13
VIDEO
How Python Compares Float and Int Objects: A Deep Dive into CPython Internals
Systems Internals
#python
#cpython
#systems-internals
Apr 28
BLOG
Python Internals - Exploring Chained Comparison Operators
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#python-internals
Apr 28
VIDEO
How Python Implements Chained Comparison Operators
Systems Internals
#python
#cpython
#bytecode
Apr 13
VIDEO
CPython Internals: String Interning and Dictionary Optimization
Systems Internals
#python
#cpython
#string-interning
Apr 01
BLOG
I Changed the Rules for the Python's Walrus Operator
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#prompt-engineering
#python-internals
Jan 10
BLOG
Constant Folding in Python
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#data-structures
#go
2020
(10)
Dec 20
BLOG
How Python Uses String Interning to Keep Runtime Efficient
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#caching
#go
Dec 13
BLOG
Visualizing Recursion in Python with Just a Decorator
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#algorithms
#data-structures
Jun 14
BLOG
Making Integers Iterable in Python
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#networking
#python-internals
Jun 07
BLOG
Structure Composition and Emulating Inheritance in C
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
May 17
BLOG
How Python Handles Integers Under the Hood
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#memory-management
#python-internals
Apr 19
BLOG
Modeling Finite State Machines with Python Coroutines
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#concurrency
#networking
Feb 21
BLOG
Python Prompt Strings
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#prompt-engineering
#python-internals
Feb 07
BLOG
Python's Missing Feature - Function Overloading
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#python-internals
Jan 10
BLOG
How Python Handles Gigantic Integers
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#python-internals
Jan 03
BLOG
Python Internals - I Made Addition Unpredictable
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#python-internals
2016
(1)
Apr 12
BLOG
HTTP - The Hard Way with Netcat
Systems Internals
#systems-internals
#ai-agents
#networking