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Last active April 18, 2024 13:08
~/.gitconfig
[gpg]
format = ssh
[commit]
gpgsign = true
[push]
default = simple
autoSetupRemote = true
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aalhour / fib_micro_service.py
Created December 2, 2015 12:26
Fibonacci microservice using Python & Tornado.
import tornado.web
import tornado.ioloop
from tornado.options import define, options
define('port', default=45000, help='try running on a given port', type=int)
def fib():
a, b = 1, 1
while True:
yield a
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aalhour / prog_schools.md
Last active July 12, 2022 14:13 — forked from biboudis/schools.md
PL Summer Schools forall in 2016!
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aalhour / effective_engineer.md
Last active July 12, 2022 14:12 — forked from rondy/Effective_Engineer.md

FWIW: I didn't produce the content present here. I've just copy-pasted it from somewhere over the Internet, but I cannot remember exactly the original source. I was also not able to find the author's name, so I cannot give him/her the proper credit.

Effective Engineer - Notes

What's an Effective Engineer?

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aalhour / SystemDesign.md
Last active July 12, 2022 14:12 — forked from vasanthk/System Design.md
System Design Cheatsheet

System Design Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

Basic Steps

  1. Clarify and agree on the scope of the system
  • User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
    • Who is going to use it?
    • How are they going to use it?
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aalhour / distributed-systems-reading-list.md
Last active July 12, 2022 14:12 — forked from tlberglund/distributed-systems-reading-list.md
List of dist sys readings
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aalhour / game-theory-books.md
Last active July 12, 2022 14:11 — forked from matthewmccullough/game-theory-books.markdown
Game Theory Book list by Matthew McCullough

Economics & Software Development - Book List

The following books are ordered in descending order of Matthew's preference.

The Art of Strategy

by Avinash K. Dixit

Recommended by Ted Neward. A different perspective and writing style from the other volumes listed.

“I am hard pressed to think of another book that can match the combination of practical insights and reading enjoyment.”—Steven Levitt

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aalhour / gist:b166b4fd6a320c14c761f4fc4b6f9789
Created March 18, 2022 09:32 — forked from lfender6445/gist:9919357
Pry Cheat Sheet

Pry Cheat Sheet

Command Line

  • pry -r ./config/app_init_file.rb - load your app into a pry session (look at the file loaded by config.ru)
  • pry -r ./config/environment.rb - load your rails into a pry session

Debugger

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aalhour / latency.txt
Created March 9, 2020 16:48 — forked from jboner/latency.txt
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
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aalhour / bret_victor-reading_list.md
Created August 9, 2019 16:51 — forked from nickloewen/bret_victor-reading_list.md
Bret Victor’s Reading List

This is a plain-text version of Bret Victor’s reading list. It was requested by hf on Hacker News.

Highly recommended things!

This is my five-star list. These are my favorite things in all the world.

A few of these works have had an extraordinary effect on my life or way of thinking. They get a sixth star. ★