This author explains how they use reveal.js.
The online editor (slides.com).
The author uses plain html for storing the slides.
Tags: slide, slideshare, reveal-js, reveal, presentation, slide-deck, michael-mccune
Id: 41e287b4-ae15-11e9-9e8a-0242ac110003
Read: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:16:33 +0000
Keep your digital life under your control
Tags: backup, local-data, encryption, control
Id: 4d115f64-ae17-11e9-bf0e-0242ac110003
Read: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:31:11 +0000
This article explains how they rewrote a (high-throughput + critical path) service, in part using a tool called Diffy.
Tags: diffy, tool, golang, python, mixpanel, evan-noon, api, rewrite, parallel-change
Id: 263f2b8c-afca-11e9-ad3d-0242ac110002
Read: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:23:57 +0000
Explains how to measure performance
Tags: measure, performance, engineering-manager, manager, management, career-management, lake-wobegon-strategy, peer-review, compensation, salary
Id: 5f2a6e8e-afca-11e9-97d5-0242ac110002
Read: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:25:32 +0000
JVM tool to include assembler code in java
Tags: assembler, java, jvm, bytecode
Id: dfc8a150-afca-11e9-9fcb-0242ac110002
Read: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 17:29:08 +0000
Read this quarter:
- 4 pillars of investment, the; Bernstein; own-it, finance, non-technical
- Candide; Voltaire; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Simple path to wealth, the; Collins; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Lagom; Brantmark; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Comment revivre par le jeune; Lützner; own-it, non-technical
- Educación financiera avanzada desde cero; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Pensiones públicas, la esclavitud de nuestra época; Hernández; non-technical, own-it, finance
- On the shortness of life; Séneca; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Código del dinero, el; Samsó; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Más cosas sobre la bolsa; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance
4 pillars of investment, the; Bernstein
Candide; Voltaire
Came across this book as the source for the term ‘Panglossian’ or extreme optimist.
Simple path to wealth, the; Collins
This book explains the “simple path to wealth”.
The recommended asset allocation is a single stock + a single bond index fund, that captures the full global market (VTSAX + VBTLX). If you want to expand it or make it more complicated, searching for extra risk and return, you can overweight other regions/indices.
Makes explicit the importance of F-you money (fuck you money): giving personal freedom to explore whatever you’re feeling like, not depending on a job.
The market always goes up in the long term, but the ride is rocky.
Explains the importance of low fees. The author is a big proponent of bogleheads investing, directly with Vanguard.
Lagom; Brantmark
Explains the simplicity system embedded in the Swedish/Scandinavian culture: the right amount, of relationships, friendships, food, work, relax.
In a way, it reminds me of minimalism, applied to all levels in your life.
Lagom is a Swedish word meaning “just the right amount”.
This book explains the process of fasting, everything included: how to start it, how to endure it, how to end it.
Suggests techniques for complete fasting, away from work, interactions. Explains how to do it for up to a week, then following medical advice for longer periods.
Fasting is definitely not feeling hungry.
Educación financiera avanzada desde cero; Hernández
Pensiones públicas, la esclavitud de nuestra época; Hernández
In this book, the author explains several reasons why having a public pension fund is counterproductive for the general society:
- They are not inherited, they end with your life
- They are not well managed
- They are decreasing over time
- They are not sustainable for the long term
The book has definitely a liberal cut.
On the shortness of life; Séneca
Código del dinero, el; Samsó
Más cosas sobre la bolsa; Hernández
This book explains more topics about the stock market and how to invest in it.
There is a good review of general markets (e.g., energy, petroleum, television, finance); of strategies (i.e., short-term, mid-term, long-term)
There are many interesting insights.
Export from my backlog
Note: re+read means I’m re-reading this book. The (+) stands for one-or-more times, as in the regexes.
backlog (partially sorted):
- unsorted V
- The Machine That Changed the World: The Story of Lean Production
- Haskell Programming
- Software Architecture in Practice
- lucha por la desigualdad, la; Pontón; non-technical
- psicología del dinero, la; Hammond; non-technical
- Invirtiendo a largo plazo; García Paramés; non-technical, finance
- Well-Grounded Java Developer, the; own-it
- Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; own-it
- camino al 18J, el; Payne; non-technical
- Cartas desde la revolución bolchevique; Sadoul; non-technical
- Java Performance: The Definitive Guide
- Why programmers work at night
- Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Ieyasu; Sadler; non-technical
- Scrum and XP from the trenches, 2nd edition;
- Els jueus i Catalunya; Villatoro; non-technical
- El problema de los tres cuerpos; Liu; non-technical
- Amazon Web Services in Action; own-it
- Clojure Programming - Practical Lisp for the Java World
- Mature optimization
- XUnit Test Patterns
- Let Over Lambda
- The Haskell Road to Logic, Math and Programming
- Types and Programming Languages
- Fundamentals of Object-oriented Design in UML
- Clojure for the brave and true
- How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method
- Conceptual Mathematics: A First Introduction to Categories
- Understanding Computation: From Simple Machines to Impossible Programs
- Programming in Haskell
- Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation
- Doing Math with Python
- Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing
- Computability and Complexity - From a Programming Perspective
- Thinking Forth: a language and philosophy for solving problems
- Concepts, Techniques, and Models of Computer Programming
- Bridging the Communication Gap; Adzic
- Specification by Example; Adzic
- Cucumber book, the; Adzic
- Software Architecture for Developers; Brown
- Object Design: Roles, Responsibilities, and Collaborations
- RESTful Web APIs
- RESTful Web Services Cookbook
- Building Maintainable Software
- Serverless - Patterns of Modern Application Design Using Microservices (Amazon Web Services Edition)
- A Pattern Language; Alexander
- Types and Programming Languages, TAPL; Pierce; own-it
- Speed Reading Book: Read More, Learn More, Achieve More, the; Buzan
- Cómo crear mapas mentales (Crecimiento personal); Buzan
- First things first; Covey
- What’s best next; Perman
- problems of philosophy, the; Russell; philosophy
- Requiem for the American dream; Chomsky
- sun also rises, the; Hemingway
- travels, the; Polo; non-technical
- Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow; Harari; non-technical
- Books by Aristotle; non-technical
- Books by Plato; non-technical
- Books by Descartes; non-technical
- The idea of culture; Eagleton; non-technical
- Hereditary Intelligence; Galton; non-technical
- Lean Software Development: An Agile Toolkit; Poppendieck (+); own-it
- Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure; Garcia Martinez
- Implementing Lean Software Development: From Concept to Cash; Poppendieck
- Joel on Software; Spolsky
- Death March; Yourdon
- Psychology of Computer Programming, The; Weinberg
- Introduction to General Systems Thinking; Weinberg
- Lao Tzu : Tao Te Ching : A Book About the Way and the Power of the Way; Tzu, Le Guin; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- Gay Science, the; Nietzsche; non-technical
- Being Geek; Lopp
- Finance for Freelancers; Retallick; non-technical, finance
- Object-oriented software engineering: a use case driven approach; Jacobson
- Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture; Fowler; own-it
- Romeo y Julieta; Shakespeare; non-technical
- Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective; Bryant, O’Hallaron
- My Journey to Lhasa: The Classic Story of the Only Western Woman Who Succeeded in Entering the Forbidden City; David-Néel; non-technical
- Cathedral and the bazaar, the ; Raymond
- Coding dojo handbook, the; Bache; own-it
- Making software; Oram and Wilson; own-it
- Code complete; McConnell; own-it
- Soft skills; Sonmez; own-it
- DSLs in action; Ghosh; own-it
- Purely functional data structures; Okasaki; own-it
- Working effectively with unit tests; Fields (+); own-it
- First Nazi, the; Ludendorff; non-technical
- Greatest story ever told … so far; Krauss; non-technical
- Master algorithm, the; Domingos; non-technical
- Invention of Science, the; Wootton; non-technical
- Tesla: Inventor of the electrical age; Bernard Carlson; non-technical
- Psychology in minutes; Weeks; non-technical
- Alan Turing: The Enigma; Hodges; non-technical
- How to think more about sex; de Botton; non-technical
- Piccolo manuale di persuasione; Taylor; non-technical
- arte de la guerra, el; Sun Tzu; non-technical, own-it
- Piccolo manuale di leadership Confuciana; Adair; non-technical
- How to Stop Worrying and Start Living; Carnegie; non-technical
- Uomo - Guida allo stile; Roetzel; non-technical
- Unwritten Laws of Engineering: Revised and Updated Edition; King
- Test-Driven JavaScript Development (Developer’s Library); Johansen
- Test Driven Development: By Example; Beck
- Arquitectura Java JPA Domain Driven Design; Alvárez, Peláez
- End of loyalty, the; Wartzman; non-technical
- Basic Economics; Sowell; non-technical
- Introduction to Economic Analysis; McAfee; non-technical
- Patterns of Software; Gabriel
- Coders at work; Seibel
- Clean architecture; Martin
- How to be a stoic - Pugliucci; non-technical
- Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming, an; Budd
- Gafas de la felicidad, las; Santandreu; non-technical
- Ser feliz en Alaska; Santandreu; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Mochila para el universo, una; Punset; non-technical
- Gods themselves, the; Asimov; non-technical
- Panamá papers, the; Obermayer, Obermaier; non-technical
- Originals; Grant; non-technical
- Optimism over despair; Chomsky; non-technical
- SCIENCE OF BREATH: A Practical Guide; Ballentine, Hymes; non-technical
- Yoga Explained: A New Step-by-step Approach to Understanding and Practising Yoga; Mehta, Arjunwadkar; non-technical
- Wanderlust: A Modern Yogi’s Guide to Discovering Your Best Self; Krasno; non-technical
- How to Think About Money; Clements; non-technical, finance
- By Way of Deception; Ostrovsky; non-technical
- Printemps des sayanim, le; Cohen; own-it, non-technical
- Deep work; Newport; non-technical, own-it
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products; Eyal, Hoover; non-technical
- Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked; Alter; non-technical
- The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads; Wu; non-technical
- Willpower: Why Self-Control is The Secret to Success; Baumeister, Tierney; non-technical
- Principles of Psychology, the; James; own-it, non-technical
- Our mutual friend; Dickens; non-technical
- Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition; Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, Switzler; non-technical
- Amusing Ourselves to Death - Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business; Postman; non-technical
- Mastery; Greene; non-technical, own-it
- Silence in the age of noise; Kagge; non-technical
- Functional programming simplified; Alexander; own-it
- Batalla del Ebro, la; Reverte; non-technical
- Historia de la guerra civil española; Rojo; non-technical
- Lucha por el poder, la; Evans; non-technical
- Revolución rusa, la; Pipes; non-technical
- Holocausto, el; Rees; non-technical
- Martín Lutero, renegado y Profeta; Roper; non-technical
- Siglo de la revolución, el ; Fontana; non-technical
- Historia de la revolución rusa; Trotsky; non-technical
- Dispossessed, the; Le Guin; non-technical
- Left hand of darkness; Le Guin; non-technical
- Lathe of heaven; Le Guin; non-technical
- https://www.amazon.com/Schopenhauer-Cure-Novel-Irvin-Yalom/dp/0060938102/
- https://www.amazon.com/How-Schopenhauer-Through-Mid-Life-Crisis-ebook/dp/B00QXNB5PC/
- Books in general – Epstein
- Affluent society, the; Galbraith; non-technical, finance
- Philosophy of the Buddha; Bahm; non-technical, philosophy
- Tribe of mentors; non-technical, own-it
- 5 dysfunctions of a team; non-technical
- Ziglar’s Top Performance; non-technical
- Pragmatic Programmer (+)
- High Output Management; Grove; non-technical
- First Break All the Rules; non-technical
- Managing for happiness; Appelo; non-technical
- Meditations; Marcus Aurelius; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- Why budism is true; Wright; non-technical, own-it
- 7 hábitos de la gente altamente productiva
- art of readable code
- Domain modeling made functional
- Sketchbook handbook; own-it
- Agile samurai, the
- Miracle of Mindfulness, the; Hanh; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- No mud, no lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering; Hahn; non-technical
- Lean Architecture: for Agile Software Development; Coplien, Bjørnvig
- Agile IT Organization Design: For Digital Transformation and Continuous Delivery; Sriram Narayan
- Philosophy of Software Design, a; Ousterhout
- Hope in the Dark; Solnit
- Agile!: The Good, the Hype and the Ugly; Meyer
- Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits and Other Writings; Fisher, Fisher; non-technical, finance
- Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power, the; Yergin; non-technical
- So good they can’t ignore you; Newport
- Creating a Software Engineering Culture; Wiegers
- Managing Humans: Biting and Humorous Tales of a Software Engineering Manager; Lopp
- Don’t make me think; Krug
- Leaders eat last; Sinek; own-it
- art of the start, 2, the; Kawasaki; own-it
- Unlimited memory; own-it
- Selfish gene, the; Dawkins; own-it
- Public speaking skills for dummies; own-it
- 365 days with discipline; own-it
- How to fight; Hahn; own-it
- 33 strategies of war; own-it
- Leader who had no title, the; own-it
- greatness guide, the; own-it
- Year of happy living, the; own-it
- 4 hour chef, the; Ferriss; own-it
- Finish what you start; own-it
- Personal MBA, the; Kaufmann; own-it
- Richest man in Babylon, the; own-it, finance
- Think and grow rich; Hill; own-it
- Why Buddhism is true; own-it
- Wisdom of Hypatia: Ancient Spiritual Practices for a More Meaningful Life, the; MacLennan; non-technical, philosophy
- Just enough software architecture; own-it
- Elastic leadership; Osherove; own-it, non-technical
- Taking smart notes; own-it, non-technical
- Secure by design; own-it
- Reset; Sawyer; non-technical, finance
- Investor’s manifesto, the; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Splendid exchange, a; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Birth of plenty, the; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy; David Burns; non-technical
- We (novel); non-technical
- Secret, the; Byrne; non-technical
- Developer hegemony
- Give and Take; Grant; non-technical
- Tao of Seneca, The; Loeb; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Liquid Modernity; Bauman; non-technical, philosophy
unfinished (unsorted):
- Working Effectively with Legacy Code (+); Feathers; own-it
- Nonviolent communication (+); Rosenberg; own-it, non-technical
- Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices, an; Harvey; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- Effective Java; Bloch; own-it
- Functional Programming Patterns in Scala and Clojure; own-it
- Release It! - Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software; own-it
- Refactoring (+); Fowler; own-it
- Leprechauns of Software Engineering (+), the; Bossavit; own-it
- Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software; Vernon (+); own-it
- Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware; own-it
- Readings in Database Systems, 5th Edition; own-it
- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (SICP); Abelson, Sussmann, Sussmann; own-it
- La Sociedad De Coste Marginal Cero (Estado y Sociedad); Rifkin; non-technical
- Odisea; Homero; non-technical
- Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard; Heath, Heath; own-it, non-technical
- Cómo leer un libro; Adler, van Doren; non-technical, own-it
- Object-Oriented Design Heuristics; Riel
next:
- Mundo nuevo, ahora, un; Tolle; own-it, non-technical
- Continuous Delivery; Humble, Farley; own-it
- Java Concurrency in Practice (JCIP); Goetz
- Thinking fast and slow; Kahneman; non-technical
- Your money or your life (+); Dominguez, Robin; finance, non-technical, own-it
- five dysfunctions of a team: a leadership fable, the; Lencioni; non-technical
- Who rules the world?; Chomsky; non-technical, own-it
- Random walk down wall street a; Malkiel [Part IV]; own-it
- Essence of yoga, the; Feuerstein, Miller; own-it, non-technical
- Inner Engineering; Sadhguru; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
wip (3):
- Daily Stoic, the; Holiday, Hanselman; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Hombre multiorgásmico, el; Chía, Arava; own-it, non-technical
done:
- 4 pillars of investment, the; Bernstein; own-it, finance, non-technical
- Candide; Voltaire; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Simple path to wealth, the; Collins; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Lagom; Brantmark; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Comment revivre par le jeune; Lützner; own-it, non-technical
- Educación financiera avanzada desde cero; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Pensiones públicas, la esclavitud de nuestra época; Hernández; non-technical, own-it, finance
- On the shortness of life; Séneca; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Código del dinero, el; Samsó; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Más cosas sobre la bolsa; Hernández; own-it, non-technical, finance
rejected:
- Stanger in a strange land; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
lists:
past-done:
- Prince, the; Macchiavello; non-technical, own-it
- Nuevo kama-sutra ilustrado, el; Gallotti; non-technical
- Quien se ha llevado mi queso; Johnson; own-it
- One minute manager, the; Blanchard; own-it, non-technical
- En defensa de los ociosos; Stevenson; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- Ladybird Book of Mindfulness, the (Ladybirds for Grown-Ups); Hazeley, Morris; non-technical
- Art of the start, the; Kawasaki; own-it, non-technical
- Getting started with NoFap; non-technical
- Emotional intelligence; Goleman; non-technical
- Old man’s war; Scalzi; non-technical, own-it
- Nightfall; Asimov, Silverberg; own-it, non-technical
- Interface; Stephenson, George; non-technical, own-it
- Man who sold the moon, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
- Agents of innocence; Ignatius; own-it, non-technical
- Fist of god, the; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Avaro, el; Molière; own-it, non-technical
- Bogleheads’ Guide to Investing, the; Larimore, Lindauer, LeBoeuf; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Lazyperson’s guide to investment; Farrell; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Millionaire next door, the; Stanley, Danko; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Little Book of Common Sense Investing; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Monje que vendió su Ferrari, el; Sharma; own-it, non-technical
- Siddhartha; Hesse; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- If you can: how millenials can get rich slowly; Bernstein; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Odessa; Forsyth; non-technical, own-it
- Bogle on mutual funds: new perspectives for the intelligent investor; Bogle; own-it, non-technical, finance
- Perros de la guerra, los; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- avaro y el oro, el; Esopo; non-technical
- Aulularia; Plauto; own-it, non-technical
- Alternativa del Diablo, la; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Guía, el; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Pied piper; Forsyth; own-it, non-technical
- Hunt for the Red October, the; Clancy; own-it, non-technical
- Time to kill, a; Grisham; own-it, non-technical
- Ética promiscua; Easton, Hardy; own-it, non-technical
- Checklist manifesto, the; Gawande; own-it, non-technical
- Team geek (+); own-it
- Kata de la voluntad; non-technical
- Obstacle is the way, the; non-technical, philosophy
- Guide to stoicism, a; Stock; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Senior software developer, the; Copeland; own-it
- Scandal in Bohemia, a; Doyle; own-it
- Getting things done, …; Allen (+); own-it, non-technical
- Nature of Software Development, the; Jeffries; own-it
- Team Geek; Fitzpatrick, Collins-Sussman; own-it
- Aprendo Yoga; Van Lysebeth; non-technical, own-it
- Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers, the; Martin; own-it
- ML for the working programmer, 2nd edition [5th chapter only]; Paulson; own-it
- Lazarillo de Tormes, el; anónimo; non-technical
- Tom Clancy’s power plays - Politika; Preisler; own-it, non-technical
- Moon is a harsh mistress, the; Heinlein; own-it, non-technical
- Tus zonas erróneas; Dyer; non-technical, own-it
- Peopleware; DeMarco, Lister (+); own-it
- Phoenix project, the ; Kim, Behr, Spafford; own-it
- Ética a Nicómaco; Aristotle; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Book of transformation; Dalai Lama; non-technical, philosophy
- Como ganar amigos e influir sobre las personas; Carnegie (+); own-it
- Oliver Twist; Dickens; own-it, non-technical
- Building evolutionary architecture; Ford, Parsons; own-it
- Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It’s Doing To Us; Storr. Just chapter 1: The dying self; own-it, non-technical
- Sota la cistella; Gasol; own-it, non-technical
- Hombre en busca del sentido, el; Frankl; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Metamorfosis; Kafka; own-it, non-technical
- Your money or your life; Dominguez, Robin; non-technical, finance, own-it
- Traction; Wickman; own-it, non-technical
- How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life; Pigliucci; own-it, non-technical, philosophy
- Guide to the Good Life, The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, a; Irvine; non-technical, own-it, philosophy
- goal, the; Goldratt (+); own-it
- Random walk down wall street a; Malkiel [Parts I, II, III]; own-it
This is a highly customized tiddlyWiki, from h0p3.
Tags: wiki, personal-knowledge-base, h0p3
Id: b8b3d973-9611-4180-854a-0242ac110003
Read: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 13:20:26 +0000
This article explains how to debug bash scripts using the DEBUG trap.
Declares several log levels for the commands
Tags: debug, bash, trap, help, script
Id: 39f76af4-99ce-48b6-adc1-0242ac110003
Read: Fri, 7 Jun 2019 13:20:26 +0000
Describes rust lifetimes, lifetime parameters.
Compares them to C++ pointers (in the sense they are difficult to learn, but make things explicit).
Tags: rust, borrowing-rules, pointer, language, comparison, generic, lifetime, lifetime-parameter, maksym-zavershynskyi, compiler, language-feature, variance, covariance, struct, rustonomicon
Id: 2e14ae3e-8ec0-11e9-be23-0242ac110003
Read: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 16:19:26 +0000
Explains pointers in C
Tags: c, programming-language, pointer, peter-hosey, language-feature, string, pointer-arithmetic, function-pointer
Id: ddc39078-8ed6-11e9-85bc-0242ac110003
Read: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 19:01:50 +0000
This article explains the usage of locks (for efficiency - optimization / for correctness).
Explains the usage of the “Redlock” algorithm, to perform distributed locks. Explains a fencing mechanism (using tokens).
References monotonic clocks, stop-the-world garbage collection, consensus mechanisms.
Uses good diagrams for parallelism and concurrency.
Tags: lock, efficiency, correctness, redlock, redlock-algorithm, consensus, distributed-consensus, distributed-programming, distributed-lock, martin-kleppmann, parallellism, concurrency, fencing-mechanism, monotonic-clock, stop-the-world, garbage-collection
Id: a1165c1e-9719-11e9-bf0b-0242ac110003
Read: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 07:19:54 +0000
A quote (on a curriculum vitae) that I’ve enjoyed:
I am a firm believer in the value of tools, and often spend significant time at the beginning of a project developing tools specific to the needs of the project. This always pays off in the long run. I use tools to:
- Perform tasks not otherwise achievable
- Automate tedious/repetitive processes
- Simplify steps in the build/debug cycle
- Eliminate “human error” in scanning, translation etc.
- Access internal information easily and efficiently
- more … the tools used in a project depend greatly on the project.
- I am also a big fan of automation. When you automate a process, you not only make it easier and faster to perform, but you also remove variability in the execution of that process. This means fewer procedural errors, a faster development process, and a more stable and reliable product.
My reliance on tools and automation means that you will see me sitting in front of a command line interface (easy to automate) more frequently than graphical one (difficult to automate).
Dave Dunfield
In a way, it reminds me of how Steve Freeman and Nat Pryce try to remove as much uncertainty from a software project in the beginning of the project, not at the end.
Tooling is very important for everyday efficiency.
An example of what happens when you think too much. The paralysis that comes from it
Tags: persi-diaconis, stanford, stated-meeting-report, barry-mazur, spin-a-penny, decision-making, decision
Id: e14aba08-7add-11e9-9e23-0242ac110003
Read: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:01:39 +0000
Creating a personal web archive, based on the tools they created.
a browser extension for storing web pages,
a web archive server hosting such snapshots,
a(nother) browser extension to query such archives.
Tags: web-archive, memex, personal-knowledge-base, archive, information, information-management, data-archival
Id: 3a681acc-7ade-11e9-a0d7-0242ac110003
Read: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:04:09 +0000
How the internet data is rotting. How it is even important that this rots.
Tags: personal-knowledge-base, archive, data-archival
Id: 61b02a52-7ade-11e9-82fd-0242ac110003
Read: Mon, 20 May 2019 09:05:15 +0000
In this essay, Bruce Schneier discusses why having data is a liability. Should only be kept when strictly needed. Also, to keep in mind the cost of keeping the data secure
Tags: security, bruce-schneier, essay, liability, ashley-madison, toxic, data, data-breach, spill, toxic-asset, company-valuation
Id: 16e89556-8220-11e9-8887-0242ac110002
Read: Wed, 29 May 2019 14:43:14 +0000
Explains the ‘?=’ character in a regex, to validate conditions. Make it ‘.*’ to ‘contain’, rather than ‘startWith’
Tags: password, validation, look-ahead, regex, regular-expression
Id: 2ed5999a-555f-11e9-8bf8-0242ac110005
Read: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 15:51:30 +0000
I’ve read this article about asking for advice instead of asking for feedback and how that helped.
Tags: comparison, advice, feedback
Id: 3ca65d4c-577c-11e9-88ac-0242ac110005
Read: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:24:31 +0000
I’ve read this article explaining the dangers of Group think, some solutions.
Defined in 1972 by Irving L. Janis in a book by the same title, it’s more present when the group exhibits these behaviors:
- A strong, persuasive group leader.
- A high level of group cohesion.
- Intense pressure from the outside to make a good decision
Tags: groupthink, team-management, book, group, team, team-dynamic, technique, irving-janis
Id: 6c90065c-577c-11e9-8741-0242ac110005
Read: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 08:25:52 +0000
This is a book of patterns (related to ‘A pattern language’, by Alexander et al) about Busy People (in a good way).
This is a collection of patterns to help you achieve productivity, efficiency, efficacy.
Explains how the patterns relate to one another, how they interact. Also, a quick reference based on the mood you’re experiencing
Tags: patter, pattern-language, alexander, busy, productivity, efficiency, efficacy, plop, just-start, contiguous-time-blocks, single-task-important-items, put-it-off, seek-clarification, batch-the-simple-stuff, task-jar, strike-when-you-are-hot, feedback-loop, prioritize, delegate, drop-unimportant-tasks, good-enough, james-kile, donald-little, samir-shah
Id: bcd32324-59e3-11e9-9acf-0242ac110005
Read: Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:50:27 +0000
This whitepaper explains what a DMP is, how does it convert, etc.
Tags: dmp, data-management-platform, bluekai, ad, conversion
Id: fecb0a0a-5ab8-11e9-b7b7-0242ac110005
Read: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 11:17:00 +0000
Some 300 hundred links of ethical products & services
Tags: ethics, ethical, alternative, resource
Id: cbf45e14-5ae6-11e9-a6ff-0242ac110006
Read: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 16:44:52 +0000
This article explains how to highlight code in the slides.com software/site
Tags: slides.com, slide, code, highlight, tool, presentation
Id: 81d8a6ee-5c3c-11e9-9583-0242ac110006
Read: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:30:55 +0000
This course by the CMU (Carnegie-Mellon University) explains 7 databases in 7 weeks, one per talk.
Talks about SQL, NoSQL (key-value), about speed, about data management
Tags: database, book, cmu, carnegie-mellon-university, course, university, db, mongodb, index, memsql, voltdb, nuodb, sql-server
Id: 683816f6-5c3d-11e9-aadc-0242ac110006
Read: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:37:22 +0000
An interesting quote:
Valid reasons to work for a startup:
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You are a cofounder.
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You have little experience and you are using this to break into the industry, and get experience on many different > technologies (“wear many hats”).
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They are working on a very specific problem or using a specific technology that you strongly desire to work on and it’s > difficult to do it anywhere else.
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You want to work a certain way (remote, on the beach, whatever) and they are willing to go this route.
Invalid reasons for working at a startup:
Tags: quote, startup, career-management, ycombinator, james-seibel, work
Id: d074c386-5c3d-11e9-a6ce-0242ac110006
Read: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 09:40:17 +0000
This is walk-through guide to create a database, in C
Tags: database, create, workshop, walkthrough, c-lang, c, sqlite, clone, project, cstack, repl, sql, algorithm, b-tree, cursor
Id: 8b8ea88e-5848-11e9-b07b-0242ac110002
Read: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:47:01 +0000
In this seminal paper, Hewitt describes the actor model.
Full of quotes from Lewis Carroll.
Tags: actor, actor-model, hewitt, quote, lewis-carroll, planner, 1973, pdp, structured-programming, classic, seminal, architecture
Id: b60f9642-6098-11e9-bbfd-0242ac110003
Read: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:41:01 +0000
The remote manifesto by gitlab.
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All-remote work promotes:
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Hiring and working from all over the world instead of from a central location.
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Flexible working hours over set working hours.
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Writing down and recording knowledge over verbal explanations.
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Written down processes over on-the-job training.
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Public sharing of information over need-to-know access.
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Opening up every document for editing by anyone over top-down control of documents.
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Asynchronous communication over synchronous communication.
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The results of work over the hours put in.
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Formal communication channels over informal communication channels.
Some tools to make this happen:
- Faster internet everywhere - 100Mb/s+ cable, 5GHz Wifi, 4G cellular
- Video call software - Google Hangouts, Zoom
- Mobile technology - Everyone has a computer in their pocket
- Evolution of speech-to-text conversion software - more accurate and faster than typing
- Messaging apps - Slack, Mattermost, Zulip
- Issue trackers - Trello, GitHub issues, GitLab issues
- Suggestions - GitHub Pull Requests, GitLab Merge Requests
- Static websites - GitHub Pages, GitLab Pages
- English proficiency - More people are learning English
- Increasing traffic congestion in cities
Tags: tool, gitlab, remote, remote-work, manifesto, work
Id: d71b9822-6b38-11e9-9973-0242ac110003
Read: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 11:12:28 +0000