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jboner / latency.txt
Last active July 25, 2024 11:30
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
@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active July 24, 2024 15:28
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@nikcub
nikcub / README.md
Created October 4, 2012 13:06
Facebook PHP Source Code from August 2007
require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize'
FIRST_NAME = 'FIRST_NAME'
LAST_NAME = 'LAST_NAME'
PHONE = 'PHONE'
EMAIL = 'EMAIL@provider.com'
PARTY_SIZE = 2
SCHEDULE_RANGE = { :start_time => '19:00', :end_time => '20:30' }
@haasn
haasn / about:config.md
Last active April 2, 2024 18:46
Firefox bullshit removal via about:config

Firefox bullshit removal

Updated: Just use qutebrowser (and disable javascript). The web is done for.

FWIW: I (@rondy) am not the creator of the content shared here, which is an excerpt from Edmond Lau's book. I simply copied and pasted it from another location and saved it as a personal note, before it gained popularity on news.ycombinator.com. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact origin of the original source, nor was I able to find the author's name, so I am can't provide the appropriate credits.


Effective Engineer - Notes

What's an Effective Engineer?

@ddevault
ddevault / Makefile
Last active February 20, 2024 14:17
Tiny Wayland compositor
WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS=/usr/share/wayland-protocols
# wayland-scanner is a tool which generates C headers and rigging for Wayland
# protocols, which are specified in XML. wlroots requires you to rig these up
# to your build system yourself and provide them in the include path.
xdg-shell-protocol.h:
wayland-scanner server-header \
$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml $@
xdg-shell-protocol.c: xdg-shell-protocol.h
@bessarabov
bessarabov / gist:674ea13c77fc8128f24b5e3f53b7f094
Last active March 27, 2024 07:46
One-liner to generate data shown in post 'At what time of day does famous programmers work?' — https://ivan.bessarabov.com/blog/famous-programmers-work-time
git log --author="Linus Torvalds" --date=iso | perl -nalE 'if (/^Date:\s+[\d-]{10}\s(\d{2})/) { say $1+0 }' | sort | uniq -c|perl -MList::Util=max -nalE '$h{$F[1]} = $F[0]; }{ $m = max values %h; foreach (0..23) { $h{$_} = 0 if not exists $h{$_} } foreach (sort {$a <=> $b } keys %h) { say sprintf "%02d - %4d %s", $_, $h{$_}, "*"x ($h{$_} / $m * 50); }'
@stettix
stettix / things-i-believe.md
Last active July 10, 2024 23:00
Things I believe

Things I believe

This is a collection of the things I believe about software development. I have worked for years building backend and data processing systems, so read the below within that context.

Agree? Disagree? Feel free to let me know at @JanStette. See also my blog at www.janvsmachine.net.

Fundamentals

Keep it simple, stupid. You ain't gonna need it.