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laser / movie.md
Last active November 18, 2020 19:02

Movie Ticket Kata

First, head here to join our Zoom meeting. It will help me following along while you work through the assignment.

What Are We Building?

Write a program that calculates purchase price for movie tickets using any language you like. It should not be a full-blown web app; it can be a simple class or collection of methods invokable by your test suite. We'll provide you with some requirements, test-cases, and even a sample interface - all you have to do is give us some software.

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BaseCase / dc_2017_biblio.md
Last active January 23, 2020 05:13
List of resources recommended or mentioned by the speakers at Deconstruct 2017

Deconstruct 2017 Bibliography

Here are all of the resources mentioned by Deconstruct 2017 speakers, along with who recommended what. Please post a comment if I missed something or have an error!

DC 2017 Speakers' Choice Gold Medalist

  • Seeing Like a State by James Scott

Books

  • Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann (Evan Czaplicki)
  • A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander (Brian Marick)
  • Domain Driven Design by Eric Evans (Brian Marick)
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yossorion / what-i-wish-id-known-about-equity-before-joining-a-unicorn.md
Last active June 25, 2024 07:29
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

@androidfred
androidfred / haskell_stack_and_intellij_idea_ide_setup_tutorial_how_to_get_started.md
Last active May 6, 2024 19:13
Haskell, Stack and Intellij IDEA IDE setup tutorial how to get started

Haskell, Stack and Intellij IDEA IDE setup tutorial how to get started

Upon completion you will have a sane, productive Haskell environment adhering to best practices.

Basics

  • Haskell is a programming language.
  • Stack is tool for Haskell projects. (similar tools for other languages include Maven, Gradle, npm, RubyGems etc)
  • Intellij IDEA IDE is a popular IDE.

Install required libraries

sudo apt-get install libtinfo-dev libghc-zlib-dev libghc-zlib-bindings-dev

@branneman
branneman / better-nodejs-require-paths.md
Last active June 29, 2024 16:00
Better local require() paths for Node.js

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions