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| [[HowItWorks:MediaWiki]] || the wiki engine: PHP + MySQL, the wikitext → HTML pipeline, parser, skins, extensions || anyone curious how a wiki actually works | | [[HowItWorks:MediaWiki]] || the wiki engine: PHP + MySQL, the wikitext → HTML pipeline, parser, skins, extensions || anyone curious how a wiki actually works | ||
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| [[HowItWorks:Docker]] || the container platform: client–daemon–containerd–runc stack, images and layers, Dockerfile builds, OCI standards || anyone curious how containers actually work | |||
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| [[HowItWorks:Thunderbird]] || the email client and personal information manager: Mozilla platform base, mail/ + mailnews/ + calendar/ + chat/ components, MailExtensions, the 4-week release train || anyone curious how an email client actually works | |||
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Latest revision as of 14:47, 1 September 2026
Technology dissections — how common technologies actually work, from FOSS software to everyday hardware. Each page assumes no prior knowledge: it names the parts, then walks through the mechanism stage by stage, then explains the design tradeoffs.
| Technology | What it dissects | Audience |
|---|---|---|
| HowItWorks:MediaWiki | the wiki engine: PHP + MySQL, the wikitext → HTML pipeline, parser, skins, extensions | anyone curious how a wiki actually works |
| HowItWorks:Docker | the container platform: client–daemon–containerd–runc stack, images and layers, Dockerfile builds, OCI standards | anyone curious how containers actually work |
| HowItWorks:Thunderbird | the email client and personal information manager: Mozilla platform base, mail/ + mailnews/ + calendar/ + chat/ components, MailExtensions, the 4-week release train | anyone curious how an email client actually works |
Pages in category "HowItWorks"
The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.