Joe K jokecamp

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

The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing

(by @andrestaltz)

This tutorial as a series of videos

If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article: Egghead.io - Introduction to Reactive Programming.

	import { BehaviorSubject, distinctUntilChanged, map, Observable } from "rxjs";

	/**
	* A generic class to manage state in an asynchronous way.
	*/
	class Store<T> {
	/**
	* @private field to store and notify state changes
	* BehaviorSubject is a special type of Observable
	* that keeps hold of the current value

	const uploader = new S3UploadStream(s3, {
	Bucket: bucketName,
	ContentType: contentType,
	Key: key,
	})

	stream.pipe(uploader)

	return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
	uploader.on('uploadFinished', (result: CompleteMultipartUploadCommandOutput, fileSizeBytes: number) => {

	'use strict';

	const fs = Promise.promisifyAll(require('fs'));
	const path = require('path');
	const crypto = require('crypto');
	const CronJob = require('cron').CronJob;

	module.exports = class FlowUploader {
	constructor(tempDir, uploadDir, maxFileSize, fileParameterName) {
	this.tempDir = tempDir \|\| './tmp';

	##################
	# Privacy Settings
	##################

	# Privacy: Let apps use my advertising ID: Disable
	Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo -Name Enabled -Type DWord -Value 0
	# To Restore:
	#Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AdvertisingInfo -Name Enabled -Type DWord -Value 1
	# Privacy: SmartScreen Filter for Store Apps: Disable
	Set-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppHost -Name EnableWebContentEvaluation -Type DWord -Value 0

	var path = require('path');
	var fs = require('fs');
	var os = require('os');
	var express = require('express');
	var app = express();
	var Busboy = require('busboy');

	app.get('/', function (req, res) {
	res.send('<html><head></head><body>\
	<form method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">\

	#!/bin/bash
	set -e

	# This script is part of my blog post :
	# http://thoughtsimproved.wordpress.com/2015/01/03/tech-recipe-setup-a-rabbitmq-cluster-on-ubuntu/

	# It sets up a RabbitMQ cluster by connecting to user-provided master and slave servers
	# and ringing them up to a cluster on the fly.

	# RabbitMQ Clustering is described in detail here :

	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
	#
	# Description: This file holds all my BASH configurations and aliases
	#
	# Sections:
	# 1. Environment Configuration
	# 2. Make Terminal Better (remapping defaults and adding functionality)
	# 3. File and Folder Management
	# 4. Searching
	# 5. Process Management

	A comparison of Collection+JSON, HAL, JSON-LD and SIREN media types.

	Discussion at

	http://sookocheff.com/posts/2014-03-11-on-choosing-a-hypermedia-format/