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seanjensengrey / octal_x86.txt
Created April 1, 2018 16:28
x86 is an octal machine
# source:http://reocities.com/SiliconValley/heights/7052/opcode.txt
From: mark@omnifest.uwm.edu (Mark Hopkins)
Newsgroups: alt.lang.asm
Subject: A Summary of the 80486 Opcodes and Instructions
(1) The 80x86 is an Octal Machine
This is a follow-up and revision of an article posted in alt.lang.asm on
7-5-92 concerning the 80x86 instruction encoding.
The only proper way to understand 80x86 coding is to realize that ALL 80x86
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vasanthk / System Design.md
Last active May 6, 2024 13:07
System Design Cheatsheet

System Design Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

Basic Steps

  1. Clarify and agree on the scope of the system
  • User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
    • Who is going to use it?
    • How are they going to use it?