# 🧗 Exploration

Ready to flex your mental muscles? Check out these learning resources, approved by Launch Pad tech leads!

# Distributed Systems

The Systems Design Primer is a great big repo full of goodness that covers everything from "what is a load balancer?" to "what kind of database should I use?" It links to lots of real-world examples (mostly on company blogs) and also provides a set of Anki flashcards (in case you're studying for an exam 😅).

# Operating Systems

Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces is a free online textbook that introduces basic operating system concepts like processes, virtual memory, and file systems in an accessible, highly-readable way.

# Programming Languages

Crafting Interpreters is a (sadly unfinished) book-length tutorial on building your own interpreter, from the ground up (including every single line of code!). The Durian team made a lot of use of it!

# Machine Learning

Neural Networks and Machine Learning is an overview of (deep) neural networks, one of the most popular techniques for machine learning. It's written by Michael Nielsen, also known for one of the standard quantum computing textbooks.