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Sep 7, 2020

Ia! AWS! DataPipelines Fhtagn!

Note: this was an article I was writing in 2017, got halfway through the first draft, and then never touched the company again. It’s unedited, completely outdated, and the entire second half is missing. I’m only publishing it because I wanted to share the draft with a couple of people…

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Ia! AWS! DataPipelines Fhtagn!
Ia! AWS! DataPipelines Fhtagn!

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Aug 22, 2017

The Big 5 CEOs, ranked by fight

Forget revenue or innovation or how well they spy on you. The only real way to measure a company is by having their CEOs punch it out. Fight club rules, MMA restrictions, round-robin tournament. Let’s do this. 5. Larry Page Coming fifth is Page. Page, while a damn good software dude, would be…

Tech

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The Big 5 CEOs, ranked by fight
The Big 5 CEOs, ranked by fight
Tech

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Apr 9, 2017

Advice I would give to my 16-year old self

I’m turning 26 next week, which means I’ve completely matured as a human being. If I could go back in time and talk to the adolescent Hillel, here’s what I would want to tell him. Get your wisdom teeth out now. “If you don’t do them now they’ll get infected…

Advice

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Advice

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Mar 31, 2017

Mutability Leads to Suffering

You’ve probably read a dozen clear, well-reasoned arguments about why mutability in your code is bad. This is not one of them. Instead, I wrote an unclear, shoddy argument for why it’s bad. Mutability is bad. To understand why, we have to talk about time. Talking about time With any system we build…

Programming

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Mutability Leads to Suffering
Mutability Leads to Suffering
Programming

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Published in eSpark Engineering Blog

·Mar 13, 2017

Formal Methods in Practice: Using TLA+ at eSpark Learning

How do we harden a system against race conditions? When it uses a complex cache? When it requires a global state? We could blanket our system in tests, hope we’ve covered every possible edge case, and pray that nothing new happens in production. Or we could use formal methods. We…

Programming

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Formal Methods in Practice
Formal Methods in Practice
Programming

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Feb 13, 2017

How to Become the ABSOLUTE Best in the World at What You Do

Kill everyone else

Self Improvement

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Self Improvement

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Dec 1, 2016

Ten awesome, rigorous, and curated Python interview questions

The job market for Python programmers has never been brighter. The US Bureau of Labour Statistics estimates that 100 new Python jobs are created each second and, by 2025, there will be more job openings than people who have ever lived. With such a high demand it’s not surprising that…

Python

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Python

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Oct 12, 2016

An Intro to Vim Macros

When trying to explain why Vim is so amazing, people often say things like “you don’t have to use the mouse” and “modal editing” and “commands are composable” and such. These are all pretty nice things that make coding faster and easier. …

Vim

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An Intro to Vim Macros
An Intro to Vim Macros
Vim

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Oct 3, 2016

The Only Flowchart You’ll Ever Need

Humor

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The Only Flowchart You’ll Ever Need
The Only Flowchart You’ll Ever Need
Humor

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Published in HackerNoon.com

·Sep 19, 2016

Ruby vs Python, the Definitive FAQ

“Python or Ruby” is the one of the most hotly debated topics in the programming world, ranking just behind “emacs or vim” and “pro-skub or anti-skub” in importance and complexity. …

Programming

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Programming

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