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<?php
// affects (but not limited to) stock PHP 7.0x on Ubuntu 16.04.3
// source: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71187

// assuming we are using memcached for session store
ini_set("session.save_handler", "memcached");
ini_set("session.save_path", "localhost:11211");

// we need to extend and override the read method to force it to return string value
// in order to comply with PHP 7's more strict type checking

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Commit Message Guidelines

Short (72 chars or less) summary

More detailed explanatory text. Wrap it to 72 characters. The blank
line separating the summary from the body is critical (unless you omit
the body entirely).

Write your commit message in the imperative: "Fix bug" and not "Fixed
bug" or "Fixes bug." This convention matches up with commit messages

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#requires -version 2
<#
.SYNOPSIS
  <Overview of script>

.DESCRIPTION
  <Brief description of script>

.PARAMETER <Parameter_Name>
    <Brief description of parameter input required. Repeat this attribute if required>

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Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
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

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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

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// create an IAM Lambda role with access to dynamodb
// Launch Lambda in the same region as your dynamodb region
// (here: us-east-1)
// dynamodb table with hash key = user and range key = datetime

console.log('Loading event');
var AWS = require('aws-sdk');
var dynamodb = new AWS.DynamoDB({apiVersion: '2012-08-10'});

exports.handler = function(event, context) {

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#!/bin/bash 
### BEGIN INIT INFO 
# Provides:          myapp passenger in standalone 
# Default-Start:     2 3 4 5 
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6 
# X-Interactive:     true 
# Short-Description: Start/stop myapp.com web site 
### END INIT INFO 

#PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin