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https://github.com/ythecombinator/You-Dont-Know-X

🙈 curated list of inspiring resources which show you don't know that much about something you thought you knew.
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🙈 curated list of inspiring resources which show you don't know that much about something you thought you knew.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/ythecombinator/You-Dont-Know-X
Owner: ythecombinator
License: other
Created: 2017-04-16T03:46:12.000Z (over 7 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2019-06-27T07:32:43.000Z (over 5 years ago)
Last Synced: 2024-05-20T02:15:42.369Z (7 months ago)
Topics: algorithms, awesome, awesome-list, compilers, data-structures, languages, paradigms, web-development
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- License: LICENSE.md

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	✨"The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions" ✨

    


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## Table of Contents

> Pick a knowledge area on which you think you've achieved knowledge enough.

- [Math](#math)

- [Miscellaneous](#miscellaneous)

- [Programming Languages](#programming-languages)

  * [Go](#go)

  * [JavaScript](#javascript)

  * [Kotlin](#kotlin)

- [Programming Languages Theory](#programming-languages-theory)

  * [Compilers](#compilers)

  * [General](#general)

  * [Type Systems and related](#type-systems-and-related)

  * [Meta-Programming](#meta-programming)

  * [Programming Paradigms](#programming-paradigms)

    + [Functional](#functional)

    + [Object-Oriented](#object-oriented)

- [Security](#security)

- [Blockchain](#blockchain)

- [Web Development](#web-development)

  * [Front-End Development](#front-end-development)

    + [React](#react)

## Math

- [The Genuine Sieve of Eratosthenes](https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~oneill/papers/Sieve-JFP.pdf)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Melissa E. O’Neill*](https://www.cs.hmc.edu/~oneill/)

  - **Tags**: *functional programming*, *haskell*, *lazy*, *Sieve of Eratosthenes*

## Miscellaneous

- [What happens when...](https://github.com/alex/what-happens-when)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Alex Gaynor*](https://github.com/alex)

  - **Tags**: *DNS*, *ARP*, *TLS*, *HTTP*, *Browser*, *HTML*, *JavaScript*, *CSS*

## Programming Languages

### Go

- [Go is not good](https://github.com/ksimka/go-is-not-good)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Maksim Kochkin*](https://github.com/ksimka)

  - **Tags**: *poor design*, *immature languages*

### JavaScript

- [How do Promises Work?](http://robotlolita.me/2015/11/15/how-do-promises-work.html)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *promises*, *asynchronous programming*

- [On semicolons, pseudo-technical and subjective arguments, revisited](http://robotlolita.me/2012/04/16/on-semicolons-and-subjective-discussions-revisited.html)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *Automatic Semicolon Insertion*

- [Why does ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] return the string “10”](http://stackoverflow.com/a/7202287/7203176)

  - **Author(s)**: [*xufox*](http://stackoverflow.com/users/4642212/xufox)

  - **Tags**: *operators*, *precedence*, *ECMAScript*, *spec*

- [You Don't Know JS (book series)](https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Kyle Simpson*](https://github.com/getify)

  - **Tags**: *ECMAScript*, *Education*, *E-books*

- [Immer, Immutability and the Wonderful World of Proxies (talk)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRVDfpQ9cw)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Michel Weststrate*](https://github.com/mweststrate)

  - **Tags**: *proxies*, *immutability*

- [Why does JavaScript's await only work within async functions?](https://www.quora.com/Why-does-JavaScripts-await-only-work-within-async-functions/answer/Quildreen-Motta?fbclid=IwAR0f7j7xtTpkvJ-IkvaU0F-Fn7eYj-wgv05-WVO3bbuMFjss2ekQ3DA4fGI)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *promises*, *asynchronous programming*  

### Kotlin

- [Kotlin: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly](https://medium.com/keepsafe-engineering/kotlin-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-bf5f09b87e6f)

  - **Author(s)**: [*AJ Alt*](https://github.com/ajalt)

  - **Tags(s)**: *Bad and good things using Kotlin*

## Programming Languages Theory

### Compilers

- [If C and C++ give the best performance, why do we still code in other languages?](https://www.quora.com/If-C-and-C++-give-the-best-performance-why-do-we-still-code-in-other-languages/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *compilers*, *C*, *C++*, *optimisations*

### General

- [Are there any programming concepts not yet implemented? What are they?](https://www.quora.com/Are-there-any-programming-concepts-not-yet-implemented-What-are-they/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *First-class operatives*, *Kernel*, *Algebraic Effect Handlers*, *Eff*,*Type-Specific Languages*, *Wyvern*

- [What are zero-cost abstractions in programming languages?](https://www.quora.com/What-are-zero-cost-abstractions-in-programming-languages/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *abstractions*, *zero-overhead principle*, *zero-cost abstractions*

### Type Systems and related

- [How can a programming language have no primitive types (i.e. strings, integers, booleans)?](https://www.quora.com/How-can-a-programming-language-have-no-primitive-types-i-e-strings-integers-booleans/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *primitive types*, *built-in types*, *Lambda Calculus*

- [How are higher-kinded types different from type constructors with parametrized generic types?](https://www.quora.com/How-are-higher-kinded-types-different-from-type-constructors-with-parametrized-generic-types/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *higher-kinded types*

### Meta-Programming

- [Towards a fully-reflective meta-programming language](http://crpit.com/confpapers/CRPITV38Neverov.pdf)

  - **Author(s)**:

  	- [*Gregory Neverov*](http://dblp.uni-trier.de/pers/hd/n/Neverov:Gregory),

	- [*Paul Roe*](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul_Roe)

  - **Tags**: *compilers*, *object-oriented systems*, *meta-programming*

### Programming Paradigms

#### Functional

- [Why is a functional language generally better at concurrency than OO?](https://www.quora.com/Why-is-a-functional-language-generally-better-at-concurrency-than-OO/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *OO*, *mutability*, *side-effects*, *concurrency*

- [What are monads, in plain English? (Say, for experienced imperative/OOP language programmers, with no or little background in functional programming)?](https://www.quora.com/What-are-monads-in-plain-English-Say-for-experienced-imperative-OOP-language-programmers-with-no-or-little-background-in-functional-programming/answer/Quildreen-Motta)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Quil*](https://github.com/robotlolita)

  - **Tags**: *abstract algebra*, *monads*

#### Object-Oriented

- [Organizing Programs Without Classes](http://bibliography.selflanguage.org/_static/organizing-programs.pdf)

  - **Author(s)**:

  	- [*David Ungar*](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ungar),

	- [*Craig Chambers*](https://research.google.com/pubs/author4707.html),

	- [*Bay-Wei Chang*](https://research.google.com/pubs/author100.html),

	- [*Urs Hölzle*](https://research.google.com/pubs/author79.html)

  - **Tags**: *prototype-based inheritance*

## Security

- [Why you shouldn't use ENV variables for secret data](https://diogomonica.com/2017/03/27/why-you-shouldnt-use-env-variables-for-secret-data/)

  - **Author(s)**: [*Diogo Mónica*](https://diogomonica.com/)

  - **Tags**: *Docker*, *security*

  

## Blockchain

- [Learn Blockchains by Building One](https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117428612f46)

  - **Author(s)**: [Daniel van Flymen](https://hackernoon.com/@vanflymen?source=user_popover)

  - **Tags**: *Blockchain*, *Cryptocurrency*

## Web Development

### Front-End Development

#### React

- [Why Do React Hooks Rely on Call Order?](https://overreacted.io/why-do-hooks-rely-on-call-order/)

  - **Author(s)**: [Dan Abramov](https://github.com/gaearon)

  - **Tags**: *Hooks*

- [A Complete Guide to useEffect](https://overreacted.io/a-complete-guide-to-useeffect/)

  - **Author(s)**: [Dan Abramov](https://github.com/gaearon)

  - **Tags**: *Hooks*

- [React as a UI Runtime](https://overreacted.io/react-as-a-ui-runtime/)

  - **Author(s)**: [Dan Abramov](https://github.com/gaearon)

  - **Tags**: *Renderers*, *Elements*, *Reconciliation*, *Effects*