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@xhit
xhit / parseduration.go
Created August 8, 2020 05:59
Golang ParseDuration with days and weeks
package main
import (
"errors"
"fmt"
"time"
)
func main() {
dur, _ := ParseDuration("1.000000001s")
@iodic
iodic / exclude-directory-from-git-diff.sh
Created March 28, 2018 09:41
Exclude a directory from git diff
git diff -- . ':!directory_name'
@lummie
lummie / enum.go
Last active November 4, 2023 18:09
Golang Enum pattern that can be serialized to json
package enum_example
import (
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
)
// TaskState represents the state of task, moving through Created, Running then Finished or Errorred
type TaskState int
@nicerobot
nicerobot / README.md
Last active February 25, 2024 02:41
Mac OS X uninstall script for packaged install of node.js from https://stackoverflow.com/a/9287292/23056

To run this, you can try:

curl -ksO https://gist.githubusercontent.com/nicerobot/2697848/raw/uninstall-node.sh
chmod +x ./uninstall-node.sh
./uninstall-node.sh
rm uninstall-node.sh
@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real