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@fasiha
fasiha / no-hackerrank.md
Last active August 7, 2023 11:47
A prospective employer invited me to do a HackerRank test. Here's my proposed alternative.

Well, that was unexpected. In the following, I’m trying to follow Jon Evans’ advice from “The Terrible Technical Interview”.


To: recruitment@EmployerABC.com
From: Ahmed Fasih
Subject: Re: Programming Test Invitation

Hi there! Thanks for offering to let me take a HackerRank test for ABC, I appreciate the vote of confidence.

@simonw
simonw / recover_source_code.md
Last active January 16, 2024 08:13
How to recover lost Python source code if it's still resident in-memory

How to recover lost Python source code if it's still resident in-memory

I screwed up using git ("git checkout --" on the wrong file) and managed to delete the code I had just written... but it was still running in a process in a docker container. Here's how I got it back, using https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyrasite/ and https://pypi.python.org/pypi/uncompyle6

Attach a shell to the docker container

Install GDB (needed by pyrasite)

apt-get update && apt-get install gdb
@zbyte64
zbyte64 / async_app.py
Created May 26, 2016 20:47
Asyncio Views With Django
import asyncio
from django import http
from django.core.urlresolvers import set_script_prefix
from django.utils.encoding import force_str
from django.core.handlers.wsgi import get_script_name
from django_wsgi.handler import DjangoApplication
import logging
import logging
import sys
@revolunet
revolunet / python-es6-comparison.md
Last active April 22, 2024 19:22
# Python VS JavaScript ES6 syntax comparison

Python VS ES6 syntax comparison

Python syntax here : 2.7 - online REPL

Javascript ES6 via Babel transpilation - online REPL

Imports

import math
@chrissimpkins
chrissimpkins / gist:5bf5686bae86b8129bee
Last active March 6, 2023 00:10
Atom Editor Cheat Sheet: macOS

Use these rapid keyboard shortcuts to control the GitHub Atom text editor on macOS.

Key to the Keys

  • ⌘ : Command key
  • ⌃ : Control key
  • ⌫ : Delete key
  • ← : Left arrow key
  • → : Right arrow key
  • ↑ : Up arrow key
@cvrebert
cvrebert / css_regression_testing.md
Last active May 9, 2023 12:13
Survey of screenshot-based CSS testing tools

Currently considering https://github.com/webdriverio/webdrivercss


Core Goals:

  • Can test in up-to-date versions of all major browsers
  • Can test on up-to-date versions of all major OSes
  • Can test in IE9 (because Bootstrap v4 will support IE9+)
  • Don't want to have to setup/maintain our own cluster of VMs running all the necessary OSes (and all the versions of Windows)
  • Workflow for management of reference/baseline/norm screenshots
@oleganza
oleganza / gist:8cc921e48f396515c6d6
Last active January 30, 2022 00:06
Proof that Proof-of-Work is the only solution to Byzantine Generals' problem

In reply to "@Vlad_Roberto: No, not a programmer. I just know there's better ways to doing anything without massive energy consumption & Banks."

The problem of blockchain synchronization is the following:

Imagine you are sitting in a bunker. You have no idea what people are out there and what are their intentions. You only receive some incoming messages from strangers that may contain anything. They can be just random garbage or deliberately crafted messages to confuse you or lie to you. You never know. You cannot trust anyone.e

The problem of "money" or any other "social contract" is that everyone should be able to know what the majority agrees to without trusting some intermediaries (otherwise they can easily obuse their special position). If everyone votes for "X", then you sitting in a bunker must somehow independently figure out that all those other people indeed voted for "X" and not for "Y" or "Z". But remember: you cannot trust anyone's message and messages are the only thing you get from the outsi

@lonetwin
lonetwin / Git dot files management
Last active October 2, 2023 13:38
A simple way to manage dotfiles with git without silly symlinks and special tools. Just use negative matches in your .gitignore !
I like to manage dotfiles without having to mess with silly symlinks or having
to install/configure specific dotfile managament tools. So here's what I did:
$ cd ~
$ git init .
$ echo '*' > .gitignore # ignore all files by default
$ echo '!.bashrc' >> .gitignore # ...and then tell git what files not to *not* ignore
$ # ...add other files you may want to track to *not* ignore
$ git add .bashrc # now actually add the files to git
$ git add .gitignore # add the .gitignore to git
@ragingwind
ragingwind / Backend Architectures Keywords and References.md
Last active April 17, 2024 10:51
Backend Architectures Keywords and References
@dypsilon
dypsilon / frontendDevlopmentBookmarks.md
Last active April 30, 2024 04:42
A badass list of frontend development resources I collected over time.