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yossorion / what-i-wish-id-known-about-equity-before-joining-a-unicorn.md
Last active April 8, 2026 14:09
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.


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@SuperPaintman
SuperPaintman / npm-f3-install.sh
Last active April 14, 2025 18:18
NPM install for low RAM machins. And "npm install ... killed" problem
#!/bin/bash
#
# Author: SuperPaintman <SuperPaintmanDeveloper@gmail.com>
#
###
# Constants
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RETVAL=0
@Restuta
Restuta / the-bind-problem.jsx
Last active March 16, 2024 00:22
React, removeEventListener and bind(this) gotcha
/* Sometimes it's pretty easy to run ito troubles with React ES6 components.
Consider the following code: */
class EventStub extends Component {
componentDidMount() {
window.addEventListener('resize', this.onResize.bind(this)); //notice .bind
}
componentWillUnmount() {
window.removeEventListener('resize', this.onResize.bind(this));
@DarrenN
DarrenN / get-npm-package-version
Last active June 20, 2025 19:20 — forked from yvele/get-npm-package-version.sh
Extract version from package.json (NPM) using bash / shell
# Version key/value should be on his own line
PACKAGE_VERSION=$(cat package.json \
| grep version \
| head -1 \
| awk -F: '{ print $2 }' \
| sed 's/[",]//g')
echo $PACKAGE_VERSION
@paulirish
paulirish / bling.js
Last active May 2, 2026 11:52
bling dot js
/* bling.js */
window.$ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
window.$$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
Node.prototype.on = window.on = function(name, fn) { this.addEventListener(name, fn); };
NodeList.prototype.__proto__ = Array.prototype;
NodeList.prototype.on = function(name, fn) { this.forEach((elem) => elem.on(name, fn)); };
@thure
thure / 1.1: Why state machines?.md
Last active March 9, 2026 13:31
SCXML Tutorials

Fundamentals: why state machines?

States. The final frontier. These are the voyages of an enterprising developer. Her eternal mission: to explore strange new techniques, to seek out better ways to engineer for mental models and new design patterns. To boldly go where a few awesome devs have gone before.

So you’ve found our poignant guide to SCXML and surely you’re wondering “Why should I want to go out of my way to use formal state machines?” or something like that. Hopefully this introduction addresses that kind of question.

An example: Nancy’s RPG

The problem

@mrtnbroder
mrtnbroder / react-app-file-structure
Last active July 30, 2020 18:54 — forked from ryanflorence/react-app-file-structure
React Directory Structure
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├── assets
│   ├── images
│   ├── sass/less/stylus/css
├── lib
│   ├── actions
│   ├── components
│   │   ├── __tests__
│   │   │ └── Avatar.test.jsx
│   │   └── Avatar.jsx
@creativcoder
creativcoder / gist:5dc5c2e35cd218ce9b5d
Last active August 22, 2022 14:41
Get list of installed packages(apps) in android via adb shell
Issue this command to terminal with your device connected :
$ adb shell pm list packages
If that doesn't work, then:
$ adb shell
$ su
$ pm list packages
@addyosmani
addyosmani / README.md
Last active May 7, 2026 18:50 — forked from 140bytes/LICENSE.txt
108 byte CSS Layout Debugger

CSS Layout Debugger

A tweet-sized debugger for visualizing your CSS layouts. Outlines every DOM element on your page a random (valid) CSS hex color.

One-line version to paste in your DevTools

Use $$ if your browser aliases it:

~ 108 byte version