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From time to time, Musk will send out an e-mail to the entire company to enforce a new policy or let them know about something that's bothering him. One of the more famous e-mails arrived in May 2010 with the subject line: Acronyms Seriously Suck:

There is a creeping tendency to use made up acronyms at SpaceX. Excessive use of made up acronyms is a significant impediment to communication and keeping communication good as we grow is incredibly important. Individually, a few acronyms here and there may not seem so bad, but if a thousand people are making these up, over time the result will be a huge glossary that we have to issue to new employees. No one can actually remember all these acronyms and people don't want to seem dumb in a meeting, so they just sit there in ignorance. This is particularly tough on new employees.

That needs to stop immediately or I will take drastic action - I have given enough warning over the years. Unless an acronym is approved by me, it should not enter the SpaceX glossary.

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

	// Just before switching jobs:
	// Add one of these.
	// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
	//
	// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
	// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
	// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
	//
	// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
	// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,

	app.constant("RouteManifest", {
	"/login" : {
	templateUrl: 'templates/login.html',
	controller: 'LoginController'
	},

	"/home" : {
	templateUrl: 'templates/home.html',
	controller: 'HomeController'
	},

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	import struct
	import SocketServer
	from base64 import b64encode
	from hashlib import sha1
	from mimetools import Message
	from StringIO import StringIO

	class WebSocketsHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
	magic = '258EAFA5-E914-47DA-95CA-C5AB0DC85B11'

	#!/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

Patrick Bassut pbassut

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

Possible solutions