Martin Spickermann spickermann

Game of Life

An implementation of Conway's Game of Life in 140 characters of Ruby.

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Created by Simon Ernst (@sier).

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What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

	require 'fileutils'

	start_time = Time.now


	SOURCE_DB = {
	:name => 'db_name',
	:user => 'db_user',
	:password => 'db_pass',
	:host => 'localhost'

	require 'minitest/autorun'

	module MiniTest::Assertions
	def assert_changes(obj, method, exp_diff)
	before = obj.send method
	yield
	after = obj.send method
	diff = after - before

	assert_equal exp_diff, diff, "Expected #{obj.class.name}##{method} to change by #{exp_diff}, changed by #{diff}"

	class Foo
	attr_reader :bar
	def initialize
	@bar = 123
	ObjectSpace.define_finalizer( self, self.class.finalize(bar) )
	end

	def self.finalize(bar)
	proc { puts "DESTROY OBJECT #{bar}" }
	end

	// 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,

	require 'stringio'
	require 'timeout'

	class Object
	def methods_returning(expected, *args, &blk)
	old_stdout = $>
	$> = StringIO.new

	methods.select do \|meth\|
	Timeout::timeout(1) { dup.public_send(meth, *args, &blk) == expected rescue false } rescue false

	module PrivateClass
	def self.included(mod)
	*parent, child = mod.name.split("::")
	Object.const_get(parent.join("::")).private_constant(child)
	end
	end

	module Container
	class PublicThing
	def hello

	* {
	font-size: 12pt;
	font-family: monospace;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-style: normal;
	text-decoration: none;
	color: black;
	cursor: default;
	}