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@belgattitude
belgattitude / ci-yarn-install.md
Last active April 18, 2025 16:22
Composite github action to improve CI time with yarn 3+ / node-modules linker.
@callumlocke
callumlocke / .zshrc
Last active April 8, 2025 04:21
ZSH function to auto-switch to correct Node version
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# ZSH function to auto-switch to correct Node version
# https://gist.github.com/callumlocke/30990e247e52ab6ac1aa98e5f0e5bbf5
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# - Searches up your directory tree for the closest .nvmrc, just like `nvm use` does.
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# - If you are already on the right Node version, IT DOES NOTHING, AND PRINTS NOTHING.
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# - Works correctly if your .nvmrc file contains something relaxed/generic,
# like "4" or "v12.0" or "stable".
@paulirish
paulirish / performance.now()-polyfill.js
Last active December 11, 2024 09:06
performance.now() polyfill (aka perf.now())
// @license http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
// copyright Paul Irish 2015
// Date.now() is supported everywhere except IE8. For IE8 we use the Date.now polyfill
// github.com/Financial-Times/polyfill-service/blob/master/polyfills/Date.now/polyfill.js
// as Safari 6 doesn't have support for NavigationTiming, we use a Date.now() timestamp for relative values
// if you want values similar to what you'd get with real perf.now, place this towards the head of the page
// but in reality, you're just getting the delta between now() calls, so it's not terribly important where it's placed
@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