vasanthk

7 critical traits for a normal programmer

EARLY DRAFT FOR NEXT EPISODE, PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK

This week I tweeted and tooted this question:

”What do you think are critical traits in a programmer? NOT to be super 10x or anything - just to feel good and function well professionally.”

Link to full threads here: [https://twitter.com/mpjme/status/855691565460848640]

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

turtlemonvh

# Borrowed from: 
# https://github.com/silven/go-example/blob/master/Makefile
# https://vic.demuzere.be/articles/golang-makefile-crosscompile/

BINARY = superdo
VET_REPORT = vet.report
TEST_REPORT = tests.xml
GOARCH = amd64

VERSION?=?

hectorguo

/**
 * Get Local IP Address
 * 
 * @returns Promise Object
 *
 * getLocalIP().then((ipAddr) => {
 *    console.log(ipAddr); // 192.168.0.122
 * });
 */
function getLocalIP() {

rondy

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.

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Effective Engineer - Notes

• By Edmond Lau
• Highly Recommended 👍
• http://www.theeffectiveengineer.com/

What's an Effective Engineer?

timwhit

import * as express from 'express';
import {injectable, inject} from 'inversify';
import TYPES from '../types';
import {AddressService} from '../service/AddressService';
import {Address} from '../model/Address';
import {RegistrableController} from './RegisterableController';

@injectable()
export class AddressController implements RegistrableController {
    private addressService: AddressService;

zachbrowne

#!/bin/bash
iatest=$(expr index "$-" i)

#######################################################
# SOURCED ALIAS'S AND SCRIPTS BY zachbrowne.me
#######################################################

# Source global definitions
if [ -f /etc/bashrc ]; then
	 . /etc/bashrc

rauhs

SHELL=/bin/bash
NGINX:=$(abspath software/nginx/sbin/nginx)
CONF:=$(abspath conf/nginx.conf)

OPENRESTY_V:=1.9.15.1
OPENRESTY_F:=openresty-$(OPENRESTY_V)
OPENRESTY_RUN_DIR:=$(PWD)/openresty

.PHONY: def_target run reload stop auto-reload

vasanthk

cf-ui monorepo

Technical Decision

Build our UI framework inside a monorepo using Lerna.

TL;DR

Building npm packages across many individual repos make big changes difficult to make, test, and publish. Using a monorepo we can solve many of these and

brennanMKE

import * as mongoose from 'mongoose';

export let Schema = mongoose.Schema;
export let ObjectId = mongoose.Schema.Types.ObjectId;
export let Mixed = mongoose.Schema.Types.Mixed;

export interface IHeroModel extends mongoose.Document {
  name: string;
  power: string;