Luca Pette lucapette

## date.rb
[1] pry(main)> Date.today
NoMethodError: undefined method `today' for Date:Class
from (pry):1:in `__pry__'
[2] pry(main)> require 'date'
=> true
[3] pry(main)> Date.today
=> #<Date: 2015-03-05 ((2457087j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>
[4] pry(main)>

## quine_define.c
#define t(x) main(){printf(#x"\nt("#x")\n");}
t(#define t(x) main(){printf(#x"\nt("#x")\n");})

## quine.c
char *s="char *s=%c%s%c%c%c%cmain()%c{%c printf(c,10,34,c,34,59,10);%c printf(s,34,s,34,59,10,10,10,10,10,10,10);%c}%c";

main()
{
 printf(s,34,s,34,59,10,10,10,10,10,10,10);
}

## alfa.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my %letters=(
 "A" => "ALFA",
 "B" => "BRAVO",
 "C" => "CHARLIE",
 "D" => "DELTA",
 "E" => "ECHO",

## application.html.erb
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <%= stylesheet_link_tag "application" %>
    <%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
    <%= csrf_meta_tag %>
    <%= yield(:head) %>
    <%=javascript_tag "$(document).ready(init)" %>
  </head>
  <body>

## 404
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'anemone'
require 'optparse'
require 'ostruct'

Anemone.crawl(ARGV[0], {:discard_page_bodies => true}) do |anemone|

  anemone.after_crawl do |pages|

## toy.rb
class Array
  def self.toy(n=10, &block)
    block_given? ? Array.new(n,&block) : Array.new(n) {|i| i+1}
  end
end

class Hash
  def self.toy(n=10)
    Hash[Array.toy(n).zip(Array.toy(n){|c| (96+(c+1)).chr})]
  end

## application.css
/*
 *= require_self
 */

html, body {
  background-color: #eee;
}
body {
  padding-top: 40px; /* 40px to make the container go all the way to the bottom of the topbar */
}

## code-challenges.md

      
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    Twitter was failing me badly so I quickly wrote down a random list of reasons why I think (of course, that's just my opinion) code challenges hurt diversity:

A lot of people performed badly at exams at uni (or any other form of exam). I can correlate to this very well as I was getting really nervous when taking an exam. I think it's kinda of normal to see code challenges as an exam. I know of people that wouldn't apply because of this reason. After seeing a lot of bad usages of this hiring tool, I wouldn't apply in most cases either.
I think it's safe to assume code challenges acts as a filter. All our hiring techinques do and that's fine. My "problem" with this one is that it brings a lot of false negatives. The challenge may be badly written, the person may not have the time to commit to it. And junior developers can get really scared by this.
Code challenges are generally meant to hire the bar of seniority and I find that highly counterintuitive. Based on my experience, the more senior a person is,


## tumblr-tags
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require "json"
require "set"
require "net/http"
require 'uri'

def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
  raise ArgumentError, 'HTTP redirect too deep' if limit == 0
	[1] pry(main)> Date.today
	NoMethodError: undefined method `today' for Date:Class
	from (pry):1:in `__pry__'
	[2] pry(main)> require 'date'
	=> true
	[3] pry(main)> Date.today
	=> #<Date: 2015-03-05 ((2457087j,0s,0n),+0s,2299161j)>
	[4] pry(main)>
	#define t(x) main(){printf(#x"\nt("#x")\n");}
	t(#define t(x) main(){printf(#x"\nt("#x")\n");})
	char s="char s=%c%s%c%c%c%cmain()%c{%c printf(c,10,34,c,34,59,10);%c printf(s,34,s,34,59,10,10,10,10,10,10,10);%c}%c";

	main()
	{
	printf(s,34,s,34,59,10,10,10,10,10,10,10);
	}
	#!/usr/bin/perl -w

	use strict;

	my %letters=(
	"A" => "ALFA",
	"B" => "BRAVO",
	"C" => "CHARLIE",
	"D" => "DELTA",
	"E" => "ECHO",
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<%= stylesheet_link_tag "application" %>
	<%= javascript_include_tag :defaults %>
	<%= csrf_meta_tag %>
	<%= yield(:head) %>
	<%=javascript_tag "$(document).ready(init)" %>
	</head>
	<body>
	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	require 'rubygems'
	require 'anemone'
	require 'optparse'
	require 'ostruct'

	Anemone.crawl(ARGV[0], {:discard_page_bodies => true}) do \|anemone\|

	anemone.after_crawl do \|pages\|
	class Array
	def self.toy(n=10, &block)
	block_given? ? Array.new(n,&block) : Array.new(n) {\|i\| i+1}
	end
	end

	class Hash
	def self.toy(n=10)
	Hash[Array.toy(n).zip(Array.toy(n){\|c\| (96+(c+1)).chr})]
	end
	/*
	*= require_self
	*/

	html, body {
	background-color: #eee;
	}
	body {
	padding-top: 40px; /* 40px to make the container go all the way to the bottom of the topbar */
	}
	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	require "json"
	require "set"
	require "net/http"
	require 'uri'

	def fetch(uri_str, limit = 10)
	raise ArgumentError, 'HTTP redirect too deep' if limit == 0