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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

@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active April 26, 2024 23:26 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@philipstanislaus
philipstanislaus / sane-caching.nginx.conf
Last active April 11, 2024 03:35
Sample Nginx config with sane caching settings for modern web development
# Sample Nginx config with sane caching settings for modern web development
#
# Motivation:
# Modern web development often happens with developer tools open, e. g. the Chrome Dev Tools.
# These tools automatically deactivate all sorts of caching for you, so you always have a fresh
# and juicy version of your assets available.
# At some point, however, you want to show your work to testers, your boss or your client.
# After you implemented and deployed their feedback, they reload the testing page – and report
# the exact same issues as before! What happened? Of course, they did not have developer tools
# open, and of course, they did not empty their caches before navigating to your site.
@isaacs
isaacs / Makefile
Last active March 8, 2024 13:29
# Hello, and welcome to makefile basics.
#
# You will learn why `make` is so great, and why, despite its "weird" syntax,
# it is actually a highly expressive, efficient, and powerful way to build
# programs.
#
# Once you're done here, go to
# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
# to learn SOOOO much more.
@ayosec
ayosec / 8.2.3. HTTP log format
Last active December 15, 2023 10:51
HAProxy httplog format. From http://haproxy.1wt.eu/download/1.4/doc/configuration.txt
8.2.3. HTTP log format
----------------------
The HTTP format is the most complete and the best suited for HTTP proxies. It
is enabled by when "option httplog" is specified in the frontend. It provides
the same level of information as the TCP format with additional features which
are specific to the HTTP protocol. Just like the TCP format, the log is usually
emitted at the end of the session, unless "option logasap" is specified, which
generally only makes sense for download sites. A session which matches the
"monitor" rules will never logged. It is also possible not to log sessions for
@romac
romac / Makefile
Created July 15, 2011 13:36
Markdown to PDF
TEMP_DIR:=$(shell mktemp -d -t /tmp)
MARKDOWN=perl Resources/Markdown.pl
WKHTMLTOPDF=/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltopdf
BUILD_DIR=Build
MD_OUTPUT=Documentation.md
HTML_OUTPUT=Documentation.html
PDF_OUTPUT=Documentation.pdf
COVER=__Couverture
@kapad
kapad / dataUriToBinary.js
Created June 13, 2017 07:45
Convert a base64 encoded data URI to binary
let convertDataURIToBinary = (dataURI) => {
var BASE64_MARKER = ';base64,';
var base64Index = dataURI.indexOf(BASE64_MARKER) + BASE64_MARKER.length;
var base64 = dataURI.substring(base64Index);
var raw = window.atob(base64);
var rawLength = raw.length;
var array = new Uint8Array(new ArrayBuffer(rawLength));
for(var i = 0; i < rawLength; i++) {
array[i] = raw.charCodeAt(i);
@csanz
csanz / using_repl.md
Created August 1, 2011 09:07
Debugging your Mongoose Models Using Repl

Debugging your Mongoose Models Using Repl

This is a faster way to test your mongoose models. The example below was based on the expressjs-blog example here

Example

$node
> var mongoose = require('mongoose')
> var db = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/blogsample')

> db.model('BlogPost', require('./app/models/blogpost'))

@alexpacini
alexpacini / template.html
Last active July 8, 2020 13:46
Custom StackEdit template
<!--
1: Using prettify
-->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title><%= documentTitle %></title>
@kapad
kapad / screen-man-simple.md
Last active August 1, 2018 21:23
Simplified man page/usage instructions for Linux screen command

Starting or re-entering an already running session (Works regardless of whether the session was detached properly or the internet connection went kaput)

Command: screen -D -RR If multiple users are going to share the same machine and all want to use screen, then use screen -D -RR <screen-alias>

To start with screen will only have one screen.

To start a new screen keyboard shortcut is