Classic Guides

Remzi H. Arpaci-Dusseau and Andrea C. Arpaci-Dusseau (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

A free course by MIT that teaches you how to master the command line, use powerful text editors, build automated scripts, configure SSH, and properly use version control—the foundational "missing" skills of systems work.

The definitive roadmap for understanding system performance. His famous diagrams map exactly which Linux terminal command (like top, vmstat, iostat, or perf) to use depending on which hardware component you want to investigate.

Absolute gold standard guide for anyone learning how to write internet applications in C.

Systems programming requires a strong foundation in C, and this guide is designed for people who want to truly understand the language without the academic stiffness.

Once you know how to write a basic program, this guide teaches you how different programs on the same computer talk to one another.

A shorter, highly practical guide to version control.

If you’re a self-taught engineer or bootcamp grad, you owe it to yourself to learn computer science.

Highly accessible guide to building your own programming language from scratch.