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@chitchcock
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

@bclinkinbeard
bclinkinbeard / release.sh
Created November 1, 2011 20:22
Bash script to automate the Git Flow tag/release process
#!/bin/bash
# current Git branch
branch=$(git symbolic-ref HEAD | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
# v1.0.0, v1.5.2, etc.
versionLabel=v$1
# establish branch and tag name variables
devBranch=develop
@henrik
henrik / gist:3181718
Created July 26, 2012 12:15
Fix "unsupported new OS, trying as if it were 10.6-10.7" from reattach-to-user-namespace on Mountain Lion (probably in tmux).
# Start by checking if they fixed it upstream:
brew update
brew upgrade reattach-to-user-namespace
# If it says it's already installed, they haven't fixed it upstream. So do this:
# Edit the recipe:
brew edit reattach-to-user-namespace
@swannodette
swannodette / gist:3217582
Created July 31, 2012 14:52
sudoku_compact.clj
;; based on core.logic 0.8-alpha2 or core.logic master branch
(ns sudoku
(:refer-clojure :exclude [==])
(:use clojure.core.logic))
(defn get-square [rows x y]
(for [x (range x (+ x 3))
y (range y (+ y 3))]
(get-in rows [x y])))
@vorburger
vorburger / gist:3429822
Created August 22, 2012 22:03
How to find an available (free) TCP port in Java
/**
* Returns a free port number on localhost.
*
* Heavily inspired from org.eclipse.jdt.launching.SocketUtil (to avoid a dependency to JDT just because of this).
* Slightly improved with close() missing in JDT. And throws exception instead of returning -1.
*
* @return a free port number on localhost
* @throws IllegalStateException if unable to find a free port
*/
private static int findFreePort() {
@NelsonMinar
NelsonMinar / windhistory.js
Created September 1, 2012 22:31
windhistory.com D3 code
// This is the core Javascript code for http://windhistory.com/
// I haven't done a full open source release, but I figured I'd put the most important
// D3 code out there for people to learn from. [email protected]
/** Common wind rose code **/
// Function to draw a single arc for the wind rose
// Input: Drawing options object containing
// width: degrees of width to draw (ie 5 or 15)
// from: integer, inner radius
@josevalim
josevalim / 0_README.md
Created September 13, 2012 21:52
Sinatra like routes in Rails controllers

Sinatra like routes in Rails controllers

A proof of concept of having Sinatra like routes inside your controllers.

How to use

Since the router is gone, feel free to remove config/routes.rb. Then add the file below to lib/action_controller/inline_routes.rb inside your app.

@KylePDavis
KylePDavis / sh_env_var_opts.sh
Last active September 14, 2023 01:26
Simple bash shell script templates. There are two versions: 1) simple env var based options, and 2) with added command line argument parsing and error handling.
#!/bin/bash -e
# A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF YOUR SCRIPT GOES HERE
# USAGE:
# DESCRIPTION OF ENV VARS HERE
###############################################################################
set -e # exit on command errors (so you MUST handle exit codes properly!)
set -o pipefail # capture fail exit codes in piped commands
#set -x # execution tracing debug messages
# Get command info
@shadowhand
shadowhand / git-switchbranch
Created October 23, 2012 16:50
Fast git branch switcher
#!/bin/bash
usage() {
echo "usage: git switchbranch"
}
version() {
echo "switchbranch v0.0.2"
}
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active November 5, 2024 18:44
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application: