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@mohanpedala
mohanpedala / bash_strict_mode.md
Last active May 2, 2024 06:57
set -e, -u, -o, -x pipefail explanation
@BretFisher
BretFisher / docker-for-mac.md
Last active April 26, 2024 09:38
Getting a Shell in the Docker Desktop Mac VM

2021 Update: Easiest option is Justin's repo and image

Just run this from your Mac terminal and it'll drop you in a container with full permissions on the Docker VM. This also works for Docker for Windows for getting in Moby Linux VM (doesn't work for Windows Containers).

docker run -it --rm --privileged --pid=host justincormack/nsenter1

more info: https://github.com/justincormack/nsenter1


@yossorion
yossorion / what-i-wish-id-known-about-equity-before-joining-a-unicorn.md
Last active April 7, 2024 22:55
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

FWIW: I (@rondy) am not the creator of the content shared here, which is an excerpt from Edmond Lau's book. I simply copied and pasted it from another location and saved it as a personal note, before it gained popularity on news.ycombinator.com. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact origin of the original source, nor was I able to find the author's name, so I am can't provide the appropriate credits.


Effective Engineer - Notes

What's an Effective Engineer?

@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active April 30, 2024 17:56
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent
@a3ammar
a3ammar / color-picker
Last active March 21, 2022 09:20
Use OS X Color Picker in Emacs
(defun custom-color--choose-action (widget &optional _event) ; this function is only needed if you want to use color-picker in Easy Customization
"customize `widget-color--chose-action' to not split the screen"
(list-colors-display
nil nil
`(lambda (color)
(when (buffer-live-p ,(current-buffer))
(widget-value-set ',(widget-get widget :parent) color)
(pop-to-buffer ,(current-buffer))))))
(defun nscolor2hex (color)
@woods
woods / gen-key-script
Last active March 12, 2024 12:00
Creating gpg keys non-interactively
Key-Type: 1
Key-Length: 2048
Subkey-Type: 1
Subkey-Length: 2048
Name-Real: Root Superuser
Name-Email: root@handbook.westarete.com
Expire-Date: 0
@datagrok
datagrok / gist:2199506
Last active April 8, 2023 17:36
Virtualenv's `bin/activate` is Doing It Wrong

Sass/Less Comparison

In this document I am using Sass's SCSS syntax. You can choose to use the indented syntax in sass, if you prefer it, it has no functional differences from the SCSS syntax.

For Less, I'm using the JavaScript version because this is what they suggest on the website. The ruby version may be different.

Variables