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snej / tails.cc
Last active May 8, 2021 18:27
Tails! A tiny Forth core written as a hack for May Forth 2021, using some of Wasm3's secret optimization sauce.
// Tails has grown a bit and moved out into its own repository: https://github.com/snej/tails/
// Please visit it there!
//
// If you want to see the tiny original version from May Forth 2021, it's still here;
// click the "Revisions" button above, or go to:
// https://gist.github.com/snej/9ba59d90689843b22dc5be2730ef0d49/2d55f844b7622aa117b9275bbc9d189613f7ff7f
@yossorion
yossorion / what-i-wish-id-known-about-equity-before-joining-a-unicorn.md
Last active April 7, 2024 22:55
What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

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

@funkatron
funkatron / app.xml
Created May 19, 2011 14:24
This is a proof of concept to demonstrate listening for a callback request from Twitter's oAuth system with a local socket server in AIR
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<application xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/air/application/2.0">
<id>com.funkatron.jsOAuthListenerTest</id>
<filename>jsOAuthListenerTest</filename>
<name>jsOAuth AIR Listener Test</name>
<version>0.1</version>
<initialWindow>
<content>index_socket.html</content>
<visible>true</visible>
<width>700</width>
@gildo
gildo / THEexamples.rb
Created February 8, 2011 15:02
a tiny rest client dressed in a DSL
require './minirest'
on "https://convore.com" do
conf do
@user = "fyskij"
@pass = "mypass"
end
get "/api/account/verify.json"