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staltz / introrx.md
Last active October 26, 2025 03:06
The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing
@devster31
devster31 / systemd instructions.md
Created May 4, 2015 00:17
systemd units for syncthing OSX and unix
@nathggns
nathggns / curry.es6.js
Created June 7, 2015 02:46
Recursive curry functions in ES6
function curry(fn, ...args) {
if (args.length === fn.length) {
return fn(...args);
}
return curry.bind(this, fn, ...args);
}
function add(a, b) {
return a + b;

What Hiring Should Look Like

This is definitely not the first time I've written about this topic, but I haven't written formally about it in quite awhile. So I want to revisit why I think technical-position interviewing is so poorly designed, and lay out what I think would be a better process.

I'm just one guy, with a bunch of strong opinions and a bunch of flaws. So take these suggestions with a grain of salt. I'm sure there's a lot of talented, passionate folks with other thoughts, and some are probably a lot more interesting and useful than my own.

But at the same time, I hope you'll set aside the assumptions and status quo of how interviewing is always done. Just because you were hired a certain way, and even if you liked it, doesn't mean that it's a good interview process to repeat.

If you're happy with the way technical interviewing currently works at your company, fine. Just stop, don't read any further. I'm not going to spend any effort trying to convince you otherwise.

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jsumners / readme.md
Created March 3, 2021 12:54
Start new PR with an existing PR as a base

Ocassionally, someone will start a pull request and, for various reason, not see it through. Later, someone else may wish to finish that work. Even though the original author was unable to finish their work, we should still include their efforts in our project's history. To do so, the person wishing to finish the original pull request should start their new pull request using the original as the base.

The simplest workflow to accomplish this is:

$ # For the project on GitHub to your account and then:
$ git clone 
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kmatt / void-wsl.txt
Last active September 1, 2025 13:35
Install Void Linux on WSL2
# Based on https://gist.github.com/kmatt/71603170556ef8ffd14984af77ff10c5
# prompt ">" indicates Powershell commands
# prompt "$" are Linux shell commands
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10
> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
> dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart
# install https://wslstorestorage.blob.core.windows.net/wslblob/wsl_update_x64.msi