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DefrostedTuna / Private Docker Registry on Digitalocean.md
Last active February 25, 2026 14:21
Setting up a Private Docker registry on DigitalOcean
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mvanga / music_theory.py
Last active February 27, 2026 13:14
Basic Music Theory in ~200 Lines of Python
# The code for my article with the same name. You can find it at the URL below:
# https://www.mvanga.com/blog/basic-music-theory-in-200-lines-of-python
# MIT License
#
# Copyright (c) 2021 Manohar Vanga
#
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
# Sample Usage
# module "cloudability_iam_policy" {
# is_payer = "true" # Optional - defaults to false
# billing_bucket = "my-aws-bills" # Optional - defaults to "aws-bill-info"
# cloudability_role_name = "CloudabilityRole" # Optional - defaults to CloudabilityRole
# cloudability_arn = "arn:aws:iam::000000000000:user/cloudability" # Required
# cloudability_external_id = "abc123a-zzzz-zzzz-zzzz-abc123abc123" # Required
# source = "../modules/aws/iam/cloudability_iam"
# }
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chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real