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@davidfowl
davidfowl / MinimalAPIs.md
Last active June 28, 2024 17:42
Minimal APIs at a glance
@joyrexus
joyrexus / README.md
Last active February 24, 2024 15:16
collapsible markdown

collapsible markdown?

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yes, even hidden code blocks!

print("hello world!")
@urschrei
urschrei / parseml.py
Last active July 12, 2024 12:09
Extract attachments from EML files in the current dir, and write them to the output subdir
#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
2020 update:
- More iterators, fewer lists
- Python 3 compatible
- Processes files in parallel
(one thread per CPU, but that's not really how it works)
"""
@chitchcock
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