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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

@jlong
jlong / uri.js
Created April 20, 2012 13:29
URI Parsing with Javascript
var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";
parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port; // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search; // => "?search=test"
parser.hash; // => "#hash"
parser.host; // => "example.com:3000"
@zenorocha
zenorocha / README.md
Last active May 28, 2024 08:23
A template for Github READMEs (Markdown) + Sublime Snippet

Project Name

TODO: Write a project description

Installation

TODO: Describe the installation process

Usage

@codeguy
codeguy / slugify.js
Created September 24, 2013 13:19
Create slug from string in Javascript
function string_to_slug (str) {
str = str.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); // trim
str = str.toLowerCase();
// remove accents, swap ñ for n, etc
var from = "àáäâèéëêìíïîòóöôùúüûñç·/_,:;";
var to = "aaaaeeeeiiiioooouuuunc------";
for (var i=0, l=from.length ; i<l ; i++) {
str = str.replace(new RegExp(from.charAt(i), 'g'), to.charAt(i));
}
@rxaviers
rxaviers / gist:7360908
Last active June 27, 2024 16:22
Complete list of github markdown emoji markup

People

:bowtie: :bowtie: 😄 :smile: 😆 :laughing:
😊 :blush: 😃 :smiley: ☺️ :relaxed:
😏 :smirk: 😍 :heart_eyes: 😘 :kissing_heart:
😚 :kissing_closed_eyes: 😳 :flushed: 😌 :relieved:
😆 :satisfied: 😁 :grin: 😉 :wink:
😜 :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: 😝 :stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes: 😀 :grinning:
😗 :kissing: 😙 :kissing_smiling_eyes: 😛 :stuck_out_tongue:
@staltz
staltz / introrx.md
Last active June 26, 2024 10:24
The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing
@dwayne
dwayne / 0-intro.md
Last active June 18, 2024 07:12
My notes from the book "Authority by Nathan Barry".

A Step-By-Step Guide To Self-Publishing

Become an expert, build a following, and gain financial independence.

by Nathan Barry

Table of Contents

@paulirish
paulirish / bling.js
Last active May 1, 2024 19:56
bling dot js
/* bling.js */
window.$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
Node.prototype.on = window.on = function (name, fn) {
this.addEventListener(name, fn);
}
NodeList.prototype.__proto__ = Array.prototype;
@yoavniran
yoavniran / ultimate-ut-cheat-sheet.md
Last active June 23, 2024 21:35
The Ultimate Unit Testing Cheat-sheet For Mocha, Chai, Sinon, and Jest
@btfak
btfak / useHexo.md
Created May 26, 2016 09:41
How to use Hexo and deploy to GitHub Pages