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MWins / project-ideas01.md
Last active April 27, 2025 02:28
Back end Projects - list

Project Ideas

Ok. I'm going to list off some ideas for projects. You will have to determine if any particular idea is good enough to include in a portfolio. These aren't creative ideas. They likely already exist. Some are way too advanced while others are simplistic.

I will recommend to post any project you make to github and make a github project page for it. Explain in as much detail as possible how you made it, how it can be improved etc. Document it.

If you pick an advanced idea, setup a development roadmap and follow it. This will show some project management skills.

Another piece of advice for those who are design challenged. Use different front end frameworks and use different themes for those frameworks to provide appealing designs without looking like yet another bootstrap site.

#Ten Rules for Negotiating a Job Offer

Always Negotiate

You might think to yourself: “well, I don’t want to set high expectations, and the offer is already generous, so I ought to just take it.“ No. Negotiate.

Or maybe: “I don’t want to start off on the wrong foot and look greedy with my future employer.“ No. Negotiate.

"But this company is small and—"

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@qnkhuat
qnkhuat / timing.py
Last active October 20, 2022 03:13
Timing processes in python with context manager
from contextlib import contextmanager
import time
@contextmanager
def timing(description: str = '') -> None:
start = time.time()
yield
print(f"Elasped {description}: {time.time() - start}")
@camsaul
camsaul / dataset_hating_map.clj
Created February 21, 2024 18:08
Dataset Hating Map
;;; it's a map that hates if you try to get the key `:dataset` from it. NOCOMMIT
(declare ->DatasetHatingMap)
(defn- check-for-dataset-key [k]
(when (= k :dataset)
(throw (ex-info ":dataset is deprecated, use :type instead!" {}))))
(p/def-map-type DatasetHatingMap [m]
(get [_this k default-value]
(check-for-dataset-key k)