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by mxstbr 8y ago
I think you are right that seniority at the specific company plays a large role. Anecdotally, I was told that GitHub does not hire from the outside above the senior level. Going from senior to principal engineer is expected to happen inside
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by mxstbr 8y ago
I am so glad Craig mentions https://buttondown.email . It is such a great service, and Justin (the creator of Buttondown) is engaged and friendly with his users. I use Buttondown for my newsletter and would highly recommend it!
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by mxstbr 8y ago
The only programming language we all know is JavaScript, so it was not an option to go with another backend language. I would love to learn Elixir though, from what I have heard it is great for real-time!
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by mxstbr 8y ago
You are inverting the reasoning. GitHub bought us because our main audience is developers. We should have stuck with markdown, because our main audience is developers, not because GitHub also saw that and acquired the company.
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by mxstbr 8y ago
That is a great point, thanks for making it. You are absolutely right, I was overgeneralising with that lesson!
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Security Checklist: Open source checklist to improve your online security(securitycheckli.st)
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by mxstbr 8y ago
How do you form flashcards out of mental models you encounter and want to remember and use? Could you post an example?
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Timezone Butler: A Slack app to take care of timezone differences in your team(timezone-butler.now.sh)
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Swipies: Reusable, durable, synthetic paper made for creative people(swipi.es)
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by mxstbr 8y ago
Out of FANG, it seems like Apple is only one that really cares! See https://www.fastcompany.com/90236195/forget-the-new-iphones-...
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by mxstbr 8y ago
This is such a great comment and very true. Looking at the speed and attitude that maintainers handle trivial PRs with can act as an indicator of the project health and will definitely make it more inviting for new contributors!
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Twizzy: A macOS app for Twitter DM and tweeting from the menu bar(twizzy.app)
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Vue 3.0 Updates [slides](docs.google.com)
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by mxstbr 8y ago
Wouldn't "business class" for Uber be UberBlack, compared to Uber X as "economy"?
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by mxstbr 8y ago
It's also pretty stuttery on my 2017 MBP in Chrome, for what it's worth. Maybe try developing with CPU throttling activated in the Chrome DevTools? https://umaar.com/dev-tips/88-cpu-throttling/
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by mxstbr 8y ago
MDX has been an absolute game-changer in the React ecosystem, taking the world by storm: https://github.com/mdx-js/mdx It's great to see them teaming up with the underlying libraries to try to create a sustainable
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Crowdsourcing the evolution of text parsing with unified(medium.com)
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by mxstbr 8y ago
Wow this is super interesting, you should do an AMA!
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by mxstbr 8y ago
It's interesting how Atlassian is selling many its offerings, first HipChat/Stride to Slack[0] and now Jitsi. I'm curious why that's happening, was there some sort of leadership change that's trying to focus on &quo
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by mxstbr 8y ago
The linked PDF contains a lot more substance than this PR-ey blogpost: https://services.google.com/fh/files/blogs/november_announce...
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by mxstbr 8y ago
There's lots of alternatives, but whether they are good or not depends on your use case: - Relay by Facebook, it's own GraphQL client: https://facebook.github.io/relay/ - Urql by FormidableLabs, an effort to
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by mxstbr 8y ago
“Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify tech
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by mxstbr 8y ago
That's a radical departure from their 2015 stance[0]: “The heart is more expressive, enabling you to convey a range of emotions and easily connect with people. And in our tests, we found that people loved it.” I wonder when they'r
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by mxstbr 8y ago
FYI I'm getting "542: An error occured with your deployment" when clicking that link!
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The Git Parable(tom.preston-werner.com)
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by mxstbr 8y ago
Does anybody know if a similar thing exists that renders out markdown without LaTeX? That'd be a neat way to quickly create documentation websites for open source projects!
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by mxstbr 8y ago
Congratulations Amjad! It's inspiring to see repl.it grow, very happy to see them investing in growth
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by mxstbr 8y ago
I'd love to try it! contact@<myhandle>.com
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A Timeline Showing the Full Scale of Russia’s Interference in the Election(nytimes.com)
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by mxstbr 8y ago
This is an excellent overview over how styled-components works internally! If you're interested in reading the source yourself, here's the repo: https://github.com/styled-components/styled-components

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