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The Technically Library

All Technically posts on software concepts since the dawn of time.

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130 Posts

What's documentation?

How companies like Stripe win by writing better product docs, and where platforms like GitBook can help.

devops

8/19/2025

The beginner’s guide to AI model architectures

Unlike an onion, hopefully these neural network layers won't make you cry.

ai

8/12/2025

What is Generative AI?

A refresher on how models like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion work under the hood.

ai

7/22/2025

What's Javascript?

From humble origins to the most popular programming language in the world.

web-apps

7/15/2025

The post about GPUs

Why these chips pair perfectly with AI, and how NVIDIA became the most valuable company in the world.

ai

7/8/2025

What is MCP?

The new way of connecting AI models to your tools and data. Is it real, or a passing hype train?

ai

6/24/2025

Developers hate this one thing (all about code reviews)

A deep dive into why code reviews take so long, how AI tools like CodeRabbit are speeding them up, and what great teams do to ensure clean code.

devops

6/16/2025

Breakdown: the cloud infrastructure market

How developers decide which *type* of infrastructure to use, and which (usually giant) cloud provider to buy it from.

devops

6/16/2025

The beginners guide to open source licenses

A breakdown of how open source licensing changed, and why it matters now.

devops

6/13/2025

How do AI models think and reason?

All about "reasoning" language models like OpenAI's o3 and Deepseek's R1.

ai

6/9/2025

Why do developers choose different types of databases?

An intro to how companies like Elastic, MongoDB, Snowflake, Confluent and AWS compete.

databases

5/11/2025

How can AI use websites?

How Browserbase built their viral demo of Open Operator (in 24 hrs!) using Vercel's v0 and the AI SDK.

ai

5/10/2025

Whats CSS?

Making the internet look pretty since 1996.

web-apps

4/29/2025

How do you train an AI model?

A deep dive into how models like ChatGPT get built.

ai

4/29/2025

The top 5 technical things Marketers should know about

Today more than ever, being more technical as a marketer will help you understand what’s going on under the hood, become more self-sufficient, and ultimately just move faster.

bedrock

4/25/2025

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