How Is Data Stored?(makingsoftware.com)
138 pointsby tzuryFeb 10, 2026

9 Comments

quantum_state•Feb 15, 2026
Thanks for sharing this very nice collection.
noman-land•Feb 15, 2026
This is a crazy good explanation and the illustrations go a long way.
canadiantim•Feb 15, 2026
Very nicely designed page
bombcar•Feb 15, 2026
This whole thing is exceptionally well done - and a free resource!

https://www.makingsoftware.com

jrootabega•Feb 15, 2026
how disk get fragment?
peacebeard•Feb 15, 2026
Ha, glad to see I wasn’t the only one who thought of this.
bahmboo•Feb 15, 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defragmentation
zahlman•Feb 15, 2026
You seem to be missing the reference (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-is-babby-formed).
bahmboo•Feb 15, 2026
Lol. I suppose I should be grateful I don't know all the memes!
zahlman•Feb 15, 2026
They need to do way instain chip> which corrupt thier data, becuse these data cant fright back? It was on the news this mroing a motherboard in pc which had flip its three bits, they are taking the three data back to new file too era to correct. my parity are with the process which lost its ingetrity ; i am truley sorry for your lots
rabbitlord•Feb 15, 2026
This is so nice. Great up!
smartmic•Feb 15, 2026
For those interested in learning about the inner workings of computers, I also recommend the book Code by Charles Petzold.

https://codehiddenlanguage.com/

vkat•Feb 15, 2026
I always wondered why L1 caches couldn't just be bigger. L1 caches need to be close to clock speed of the core and bigger caches means increased latency because the bottleneck is length of the bit line and number of word lines which increases with capacity.
weregiraffe•Feb 15, 2026
How is babby formed?