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+*.swp
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+# HMN Education Tree 2022
+
+## Project Overview
+This is intended to be commited to incrementally, 
+stubs can/should be added to existing docs where applicable,
+ideas for future trees can be submitted as new .md
+
+## Where We're At
+All topics need related library articles aggregated, sorted by rough skill level
+- Beginner
+- Intermediate
+- Hard
+
+`http_to_phy.md`
+WIP for "How do I understand how an HTTP message is sent at a deep level?"
+Needs:
+- Better links to topics
+- Editing pass / blurb cleanup
+
+`asm.md`
+WIP for "How do I understand what my computer is really doing at the bottom level?"
+(Better question for this one? Should this be a subtopic instead?)
+Needs:
+- Subtopics broken out
+- Header blurb
+
+`perf.md`
+WIP for "How do I learn to write faster code?"
+Needs:
+- Subtopics broken out
+- Header blurb
+
+`compilers.md`
+WIP for "What do compilers actually do?"
+Needs:
+- Subtopics defined concretely for the learning flow
+- Header blurb
+
+## Scratch Notes
+Try to mark down potential useful cross-topic links as you go, we'll try to
+populate and cross pollinate as articles get ready to ship
+
+Is it possible to get the library archive accessible to filter through for resource ideas?
+
+Anything we need from the site technically?
+Backlinks? Past-article stack? Limited multi-user access right control?
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+# Assembly: How to use a Spork
+
+## Step One: Engage Motor Neurons
+
+Ok, ok, this has nothing to do with sporks. Assembly is a whole lot cooler than we give it credit for, 
+knowing it can be a major lifesaver. Ever wondered what the hell the was actually in your executable? 
+Ever had a program that didn't quite work, and you struggled to figure out why? 
+Ever wanted to squeeze a little more code onto your user's thimble-sized SSD? Assembly is here for you.
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+# Compilers And You: A Sonata in 8 Parts
+
+## Parsers
+
+## Lexers
+
+## IR
+
+## SSA
+
+## Backend Codegen
+
+## Optimization Passes
+
+## Debug Symbols
+
+## Linkers
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 | Communication | Discovery |
 | ------------- | --------- |
-| HTTP          |           |
-| TCP           | DNS       |
+| HTTP          | DNS       |
+| TCP           |           |
 | IP            | DHCP      |
 | Ethernet      | ARP       |
 
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+# Performance: The Hare and the Pineapple
+
+##