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slotrans / history_stuff.sql
Created August 6, 2021 23:50
Building blocks for generic history-keeping in Postgres.
/*
Replace "your_schema" with whatever schema is appropriate in your environment.
It is possible to use "public"... but you shouldn't!
*/
/*
Function to stamp a "modified" timestamp. Adjust the name to suit your environment,
but that name is hard-coded so it is assumed that you only use _one_ such name.
HTML
- Semantic HTML
- Event delegation
- Accessibility / ARIA
CSS
- Specificity
- Pseudo-elements
- Pseudo-selectors
- Combinators
Data Structures
- Stacks
- Queues
- Linked lists
- Graphs
- Trees
- Tries
Concepts
- Big O Notation

I bundled these up into groups and wrote some thoughts about why I ask them!

If these helped you, I'd love to hear about it!! I'm on twitter @vcarl_ or send me an email carl.vitullo@gmail.com

Onboarding and the workplace

https://blog.vcarl.com/interview-questions-onboarding-workplace/

  • How long will it take to deploy my first change? To become productive? To understand the codebase?
  • What kind of equipment will I be provided? Will the company pay/reimburse me if I want something specific?
@yossorion
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

@leonardofed
leonardofed / README.md
Last active May 26, 2026 06:57
A curated list of AWS resources to prepare for the AWS Certifications


A curated list of AWS resources to prepare for the AWS Certifications

A curated list of awesome AWS resources you need to prepare for the all 5 AWS Certifications. This gist will include: open source repos, blogs & blogposts, ebooks, PDF, whitepapers, video courses, free lecture, slides, sample test and many other resources.


@amochohan
amochohan / 01_Laravel 5 Simple ACL manager_Readme.md
Last active March 26, 2026 13:38
Laravel 5 Simple ACL - Protect routes by an account / role type

#Laravel 5 Simple ACL manager

Protect your routes with user roles. Simply add a 'role_id' to the User model, install the roles table and seed if you need some example roles to get going.

If the user has a 'Root' role, then they can perform any actions.

Installation

Simply copy the files across into the appropriate directories, and register the middleware in App\Http\Kernel.php

@ericelliott
ericelliott / essential-javascript-links.md
Last active April 30, 2026 08:09
Essential JavaScript Links
@jchristopher
jchristopher / gist:6d2d45c9c4254ee7bdfc
Last active August 29, 2015 14:05
Exclude a bbPress Forum, all of it's Topics, and all Replies for those Topics from SearchWP results
<?php
// exclude anything to do with Forum ID 133643 from search results in SearchWP
function my_exclude_private_bbpress_forum_and_children( $ids, $engine, $terms ) {
$forum_id = 133643;
// exclude Topics from that Forum
$topic_args = array(
'post_type' => 'topic',
'posts_per_page' => -1,