yossorion

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

rajkrrsingh

$wget https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/download/v2.5.0/protobuf-2.5.0.tar.bz2
$tar xvf protobuf-2.5.0.tar.bz2
$cd protobuf-2.5.0
$./configure CC=clang CXX=clang++ CXXFLAGS='-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -O3 -g' LDFLAGS='-stdlib=libc++' LIBS="-lc++ -lc++abi"
$make -j 4 
$sudo make install
$protoc --version

steverobbins

Script to "safely" clean up the core_session table without causing lock wait timeouts.

Not thoroughly vetted but met the client's needs.

Requires disabling Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Session:gc(), e.g.

--- a/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Session.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Resource/Session.php
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class Mage_Core_Model_Resource_Session implements Zend_Session_SaveHandler_Inter

RadGH

<?php

// Converts a number into a short version, eg: 1000 -> 1k
// Based on: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4371114
function number_format_short( $n, $precision = 1 ) {
	if ($n < 900) {
		// 0 - 900
		$n_format = number_format($n, $precision);
		$suffix = '';
	} else if ($n < 900000) {

gayanhewa

<?php
/**
 *  This snippet implements the logic behing https://github.com/philipbrown/signplz , simply to explain the functionality of generating the auth signature
 *  for non-php programmers so that they can authenticate with the API without a problem.
 **/
 

$api_key = "key";
$api_sec = "sec";
$url = "http://abc.com/api/test";

dirx

Search regexp: \barray\(([^\(]*?)\)
Replace with: [$1]

Search & replace until it´s done.
Does not work if ( is in array keys or values.

jeremeamia

<?php

namespace config;

const DELIM = '.';

/**
 * Loads a configuration array from a file, based on it's type.
 * 
 * @param string      $path

tbrianjones

<?php
  
  // include api config file
	require_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/../../config.php' );
	
  // create aws sqs conneciton
  require_once( BASE_PATH . 'libraries/aws_php_sdk_v2/vendor/autoload.php' );
	use Aws\Sqs\SqsClient;
	try {
		$config = array(

INDIAN2020

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19386962/laravel-eloquent-and-complex-relationships?rq=1

http://forumsarchive.laravel.io/viewtopic.php?pid=21255

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20666490/laravel-4-mssql-stored-procedure-with-parameters-as-a-prepared-statements

http://culttt.com/2013/08/05/extending-eloquent-in-laravel-4/

http://www.blogosfera.co.uk/2013/08/pass-parameters-in-insert-query-stored-procedure-in-laravel-4/

kbirmhrjn

<?php

class TestCase extends Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\TestCase {

	/**
	 * Creates the application.
	 *
	 * @return Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\HttpKernelInterface
	 */
	public function createApplication()