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A framework for organising technical documentation into tutorials, how-tos, reference and explanation.

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Captured 5 Nov 2026

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MCP Explained
mcp-explained.com · 8 days ago
Cited as guidance on writing docs that actually teach.
Evergreen: A Provably Safe Systems Language
evergreenlang.net · 9 days ago
Suggested so the project adds a proper language reference alongside the tutorial.

Understanding Formal Methods ↗Learning & books
Jean-Francois Monin's concise survey of formal specification and verification concepts and tools.
1 thread
Google Technical Writing Courses ↗Learning & books
Free two-part technical writing courses from Google.
1 thread
Drawing with MetaPost ↗Learning & books
Toby Thurston's guide to drawing graphics with the MetaPost language.
1 thread
cppreference Learning & books
A community-maintained online reference for C and C++ languages and standard libraries.
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What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory ↗Learning & books
Ulrich Drepper's paper on memory hierarchy and caches for programmers.
1 thread
You Don't Need JavaScript ↗Learning & books
A book on replacing JavaScript patterns with modern CSS and HTML.
1 thread
Professional Linux Kernel Architecture ↗Learning & books
A book by Wolfgang Mauerer describing Linux kernel internals.
1 thread
Performance Analysis and Tuning on Modern CPUs ↗Learning & books
A book by Denis Bakhvalov on CPU performance analysis and tuning.
1 thread

Careless People ↗
A memoir by former Facebook executive Sarah Wynn-Williams about the company's leadership.
3 threads
The Expanse ↗
A science fiction novel series later adapted for television.
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The Mythical Man-Month ↗
Fred Brooks' classic book of essays on software project management.
3 threads
Wikipedia
A free collaborative online encyclopedia.
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Blindsight ↗
A science fiction novel by Peter Watts that explores consciousness and perception.
2 threads
Debt: The First 5,000 Years ↗
A book by David Graeber on the history of debt, credit and money.
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Forvo ↗
A website with crowdsourced audio recordings of how native speakers pronounce words.
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From Bauhaus to Our House ↗
Tom Wolfe's critique of modernist architecture.
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How Complex Systems Fail ↗
A short essay by Richard Cook on the nature of failure in complex systems.
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Superintelligence ↗
Nick Bostrom's book on the risks of advanced artificial intelligence.
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The Big Short ↗
A 2015 film about the 2008 housing and credit collapse.
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The Machine Stops ↗
E.M. Forster's 1909 novella about a society dependent on a failing machine.
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