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kwilczynski / Makefile
Last active March 8, 2024 23:48
Makefile for my Go projects (an example).
SHELL := /bin/bash
REV := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
CHANGES := $(shell test -n "$$(git status --porcelain)" && echo '+CHANGES' || true)
TARGET := packer-provisioner-itamae-local
VERSION := $(shell cat VERSION)
OS := darwin freebsd linux openbsd
ARCH := 386 amd64
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dineshviswanath / python_web_dev_flask_environment_setup.md
Last active April 23, 2024 13:29
How to install python and Flask on Mac OS X

#Starting Python Web development in Mac OS X#

Objective: Getting started with Python Development Operating System: Mac OS X Python version installed: 3.5 (5th December 2015)

Downoad the lastest Python from https://www.python.org/downloads/

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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