chitchcock

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

marktheunissen

This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.

paulruescher

/**
 * Extend Recent Posts Widget 
 *
 * Adds different formatting to the default WordPress Recent Posts Widget
 */

Class My_Recent_Posts_Widget extends WP_Widget_Recent_Posts {

	function widget($args, $instance) {
	

Adirael

#!/bin/bash
#
# This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations
# from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions
#
# Author: Michael Conigliaro <mike [at] conigliaro [dot] org>
#
WP_OWNER=www-data # <-- wordpress owner
WP_GROUP=www-data # <-- wordpress group
WP_ROOT=$1 # <-- wordpress root directory

iros

Title

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• URL

  <The URL Structure (path only, no root url)>

• Method:

rlandas

public function add($data) {
    try {
        /**
         * @var \Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\Pdo\Connection
         */
        $connection = $this->itemTable->adapter->getDriver()->getConnection();
 
        $connection->beginTransaction();
 
        $connection->commit();

badsyntax

/**
 * Author: Richard Willis - badsyntax.co
 * Example here:  http://demos.badsyntax.co/places-search-bootstrap/example.html
 *
 * Please note: This is not a reliable method of geocoding the address. Using the 
 * PlacesService is a much better approach. View the example above for an example 
 * of using the PlacesService to geocode the address.
 */

var service = new google.maps.places.AutocompleteService();

justjohn

*filter

# Accepts all established inbound connections
 -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

# Allows all outbound traffic
 -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT

# Allows HTTP and HTTPS connections from anywhere
 -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT

jtdp

git diff -p \
    | grep -E '^(diff|old mode|new mode)' \
    | sed -e 's/^old/NEW/;s/^new/old/;s/^NEW/new/' \
    | git apply

dmitshur

WARNING: This gist was created in 2013 and targets the legacy GOPATH mode. If you're reading this in 2021 or later, you're likely better served by reading https://tip.golang.org/cmd/go/#hdr-Configuration_for_downloading_non_public_code and https://golang.org/ref/mod#private-modules.

$ ssh -A vm
$ git config --global url."git@github.com:".insteadOf "https://github.com/"
$ cat ~/.gitconfig
[url "git@github.com:"]
	insteadOf = https://github.com/
$ go get github.com/private/repo && echo Success!
Success!