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@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

@CristinaSolana
CristinaSolana / gist:1885435
Created February 22, 2012 14:56
Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active July 23, 2024 14:12
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@karlhorky
karlhorky / grayscale-disable.css
Created August 26, 2012 12:17
Cross-Browser CSS Grayscale
img.grayscale.disabled {
filter: url("data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<svg xmlns=\'http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\'><filter id=\'grayscale\'><feColorMatrix type=\'matrix\' values=\'1 0 0 0 0, 0 1 0 0 0, 0 0 1 0 0, 0 0 0 1 0\'/></filter></svg>#grayscale");
-webkit-filter: grayscale(0%);
}
@mbostock
mbostock / README.md
Last active June 7, 2023 18:33
Underscore’s Equivalents in D3

Collections

each(array)

Underscore example:

_.each([1, 2, 3], function(num) { alert(num); });
@staltz
staltz / introrx.md
Last active July 22, 2024 09:31
The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing
@airtonix
airtonix / 0.README.md
Created January 18, 2015 23:46
Sails.Js with Passport.js and Passport-JWT

Intro

session-less use of jwt and passport.js

note: by module I mean either a javascript (.js) or coffeescript (.coffee) file

installation

install the following:

  • sailsjs
@ryanlindsey
ryanlindsey / git_plugin.md
Created October 14, 2015 23:55
Git plugin shortcuts for Oh My ZSH
Alias Command
g git
ga git add
gaa git add --all
gapa git add --patch
gb git branch
@FND
FND / .gitignore
Last active November 28, 2018 09:53
Riot.js with ES6 via webpack
/node_modules
/dist
@paragonie-scott
paragonie-scott / crypto-wrong-answers.md
Last active April 21, 2024 23:48
An Open Letter to Developers Everywhere (About Cryptography)