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Rich Hickey on becoming a better developer

Rich Hickey • 3 years ago

Sorry, I have to disagree with the entire premise here.

A wide variety of experiences might lead to well-roundedness, but not to greatness, nor even goodness. By constantly switching from one thing to another you are always reaching above your comfort zone, yes, but doing so by resetting your skill and knowledge level to zero.

Mastery comes from a combination of at least several of the following:

mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-{enabled,available}
cd /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-enabled
ln -s ../sites-available/default.conf
ln -s ../sites-available/default-ssl.conf

File locations:

nginx.conf to /usr/local/etc/nginx/
default.conf and default-ssl.conf to /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-available
homebrew.mxcl.nginx.plist to /Library/LaunchDaemons/

Fix locale problem

Open file /etc/default/locale to add or change LC_ALL to the following

LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"

Then logout and login again.

Install necessary packages

Latency numbers every programmer should know

L1 cache reference ......................... 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict ............................ 5 ns
L2 cache reference ........................... 7 ns
Mutex lock/unlock ........................... 25 ns
Main memory reference ...................... 100 ns             
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy ............. 3,000 ns  =   3 µs
Send 2K bytes over 1 Gbps network ....... 20,000 ns  =  20 µs
SSD random read ........................ 150,000 ns  = 150 µs

Read 1 MB sequentially from memory ..... 250,000 ns = 250 µs

	# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
	#
	# 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

	# This build script will build Ruby 2.0.0-p247. You will need su to
	# root or sudo as required.

	# This build tested against Debian 7.0 64-bit arch, installed from net-inst image.

	# These aren't specifically Ruby deps; more for building software in general
	# (you probably already have them)
	apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf

	# These deps will support common libraries like yaml and give you the best irb experience.

	import json
	from rest_framework import serializers

	class JSONField(serializers.WritableField):

	def to_native(self, obj):
	return json.dumps(obj)

	def from_native(self, value):
	return json.loads(value)

	/* Converts an object into a key/value par with an optional prefix. Used for converting objects to a query string */
	var qs = function(obj, prefix){
	var str = [];
	for (var p in obj) {
	var k = prefix ? prefix + "[" + p + "]" : p,
	v = obj[k];
	str.push(angular.isObject(v) ? qs(v, k) : (k) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(v));
	}
	return str.join("&");
	}

	# Title: Photos tag for Jekyll
	# Authors: Devin Weaver
	# Description: Allows photos tag to place photos as thumbnails and open in fancybox. Uses a CDN if needed.
	#
	# This only covers the markup. Not the integration of FancyBox
	#
	# To see an unabridged explination on integrating this with [FancyBox][1]
	# Please read my [blog post about it][2].
	#
	# [1]: http://fancyapps.com/fancybox/

	license: gpl-3.0
	redirect: https://observablehq.com/@mbostock/map-coloring