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what-happens-when
- What-Happens-When: An attempt to answer an age-old interview question
- What Happens When
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We have used too many levels of abstractions and now the future looks bleak
Agreed!
It reminds me of:
https://github.com/alex/what-happens-when
and how many of today’s CS-degree holders would barely understand any of it. As someone who has also “grown up with all the technology”, I’ve learned and experienced all that. But as a percentage of “software engineers”, there’s fewer and fewer that do every day.
- Step-by-step events when Browsing www.facebook.com after computer bootup.
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I just blew my interview!
There is a pretty comprehensive answer to number 2 here
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Are you skeptical about candidates that call themselves a "10x engineer"?
Ask them to describe what happens when you visit a website and grill them on every layer of abstraction, every implementation detail.
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You and me Anon, you and me
This is a classic interview question and it basically means "How does internet work?" It is great because it allows to check how many levels of understanding it a developer has. The answer may be quite lengthy, for example: https://github.com/alex/what-happens-when
- Any course that actually teaches me how a website is built?
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I have a question about subdomains and their DNS resolution
Perhaps you will find https://github.com/alex/what-happens-when useful.
- Tried and true interview questions/tasks
rp2040-boot2
What are some alternatives?
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linux-insides - A little bit about a linux kernel
Essentials-of-Compilation - A book about compiling Racket and Python to x86-64 assembly
scrcpy - Display and control your Android device
tiny-bootstrap - A tiny bootloader for x86 IBM-PC compatible machines
sre-interview-prep-guide - Site Reliability Engineer Interview Preparation Guide
Bochs - Bochs - Cross Platform x86 Emulator Project
www.submarinecablemap.com - Comprehensive interactive map of the world's major operating and planned submarine cable systems and landing stations, updated frequently.
docs - Hardware and software docs / wiki
All-Stages-of-Linux-Booting-Process-Architecture - Booting Process Explained