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⭐️ Why I Created This Repository

People often say that reading the source code of open-source frameworks can significantly improve one’s skills, so I have also tried reading open-source framework source code and analyzing and understanding it in detail. Here I record my thoughts and insights from reading open-source framework source code, hoping they will be helpful to other developers. I will keep updating the articles in this repository; if you’d like to follow along, please give it a star.

📖 Table of Contents

🔥 LLM

Project	Version	Article
vLLM	v1 @ 6cf7b26bd	vLLM Source Walkthrough: From `generate()` to the First Token Entrypoints: `LLM`, CLI, and the OpenAI-Compatible Server V1 Process Architecture: API Server, EngineCore, and GPU Workers EngineCore Loop: Request Lifecycle, Step, and Output Processing Scheduler: Continuous Batching and Chunked Prefill KV Cache Manager and Paged KV Cache

🐳 Go

Project	Version	Article
Go	1.16 darwin/amd64	A Go Beginner's Journey A First Look at How Go Compile Commands Execute In-Depth Analysis of Go Slice Internals How to Design and Implement a Thread-Safe Map? (Part 1) How to Design and Implement a Thread-Safe Map? (Part 2) LRU / LFU in Interviews: Bronze vs. King In-Depth Study of Go interface Internals The Three Laws of Go reflection and Best Practices Inside Go Concurrency Primitives — Channel Internals
Spatial Search	golang/geo	Understanding n-Dimensional Space and n-Dimensional Spacetime Efficient Multidimensional Point Indexing Algorithms — Geohash and Google S2 How Is CellID Generated in Google S2? Finding the LCA in a Quadtree in Google S2 The Magical De Bruijn Sequence How to Find Hilbert Curve Neighbors in a Quadtree? How Does Google S2 Solve the Optimal Spatial Covering Problem? Code <T> share keynote

🍉 Machine Learning

Project	Version	Article
Machine Learning	Andrew Ng Stanford University	Table of Contents Week1 —— What is Machine Learning Week1 —— Linear Regression with One Variable (Gradient Descent) Week2 —— Multivariate Linear Regression Week2 —— Computing Parameters Analytically Week2 —— Octave Matlab Tutorial Week3 —— Logistic Regression Week3 —— Regularization Week4 —— Neural Networks Representation Week5 —— Neural Networks Learning Week5 —— Backpropagation in Practice Week6 —— Advice for Applying Machine Learning Week6 —— Machine Learning System Design Week7 —— Support Vector Machines Week8 —— Unsupervised Learning Week8 —— Dimensionality Reduction Week9 —— Anomaly Detection Week9 —— Recommender Systems Week10 —— Large Scale Machine Learning Week11 —— Application Example: Photo OCR

🚀 JavaScript

Project	Version	Article
JavaScript	ECMAScript 6	A JavaScript Beginner's Pitfall Diary Starting with JavaScript Scope Unraveling the Mystery of this & that JSConf China 2017 Day One — JavaScript Change The World JSConf China 2017 Day Two — End And Beginning
Vue.js	2.3.4	A Cross-Platform App for Three Platforms Built with Vue Full Stack + Electron The Era of the Mega Front End (Part 1) —— Componentization in Vue and iOS
Ghost	1.24.8	Ghost Blog Setup Diary Ghost Blog Upgrade Guide Flashy "New" Tricks for Ghost Blogs Optimizing Blog Performance Scores

📝 Protocol

Project	Version	Article
HTTP	1.1	Overview of HTTP Basics
HTTP	2	[RFC 7540] Hypertext Transfer Protocol Version 2 (HTTP/2) Unveiling HTTP/2: How HTTP/2 Establishes Connections HTTP Frames and Stream Multiplexing in HTTP/2 Frame Definitions in HTTP/2 HTTP Semantics in HTTP/2 Things to Note in HTTP/2 Common Questions in HTTP/2 [RFC 7541] HPACK: Header Compression for HTTP/2 A Detailed Look at the HTTP/2 Header Compression Algorithm — HPACK Practical Examples of HTTP/2 HPACK [RFC 7301] TLS Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation Extension
WebSocket	Version 13	WebSocket for Full-Duplex Communication
Protocol-buffers	proto3	Protobuf: An Efficient Data Compression and Encoding Format Protobuf: An Efficient Data Serialization/Deserialization Format
FlatBuffers	1.9.0	FlatBuffers Explained: Schema FlatBuffers Explained: Encode FlatBuffers Explained: FlexBuffers
TCP		Overview of TCP/IP Basics Advance_TCP
TLS	Cryptography	Overview of Cryptography A Tour of Symmetric Encryption Algorithms A Tour of Public-Key Cryptography Algorithms What Is a Message “Fingerprint”? What Is a Message Authentication Code? Ubiquitous Digital Signatures Everywhere You Look: Public-Key Certificates The Essence of Secrets: Keys The Root of Unpredictability—Random Numbers
TLS	TLS 1.3	How to Deploy TLS 1.3? [RFC 6520] TLS & DTLS Heartbeat Extension [RFC 8446] The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.3 TLS 1.3 Introduction TLS 1.3 Handshake Protocol TLS 1.3 Record Protocol TLS 1.3 Alert Protocol TLS 1.3 Cryptographic Computations TLS 1.3 0-RTT and Anti-Replay TLS 1.3 Compliance Requirements TLS 1.3 Implementation Notes TLS 1.3 Backward Compatibility TLS 1.3 Overview of Security Properties
HTTPS	TLS 1.2/TLS 1.3	HTTPS: Revisiting the Basics (1) — Introduction HTTPS: Revisiting the Basics (2) — The TLS Record Layer Protocol HTTPS: Revisiting the Basics (3) — An Intuitive Look at the TLS Handshake Process (Part 1) HTTPS: Revisiting the Basics (4) — An Intuitive Look at the TLS Handshake Process (Part 2) HTTPS: Revisiting the Basics (5) — Key Calculation in TLS HTTPS: Revisiting the Basics (6) — Extensions in TLS
QUIC	v44	How to Deploy QUIC?

❄️ As Time Goes By

Project	Version	Article
Introduction		Introduction
2017		【As Time Goes By】 - How Programmers Can Maintain Rapid Growth Amid Shifting Tech Waves?
2018		【As Time Goes By】 - How to Think About Software Development?
2019		【As Time Goes By】 - Unwilling to Be a Poor Student, Striving to Be a Top Student, Ending Up Average
2020		【As Time Goes By】 - The Next Five-Year Plan Sets Sail!
2021		A Chronicle of Applying for CS Master's Programs in the U.S. in the Post-Pandemic Era

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