Goals: Add links that are reasonable and good explanations of how stuff works. No hype and no vendor content if possible. Practical first-hand accounts of models in prod eagerly sought.
yossorion
/ what-i-wish-id-known-about-equity-before-joining-a-unicorn.md
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September 4, 2025 01:33
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
garybernhardt
/ types.markdown
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April 11, 2025 17:07
It's now here, in The Programmer's Compendium. The content is the same as before, but being part of the compendium means that it's actively maintained.
about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar.
Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and
rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable.
I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.
Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions
(HTTPS Everywhere No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, Privacy Badger etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".
staltz
/ introrx.md
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December 1, 2025 11:31
The introduction to Reactive Programming you've been missing
(by @andrestaltz)
If you prefer to watch video tutorials with live-coding, then check out this series I recorded with the same contents as in this article: Egghead.io - Introduction to Reactive Programming.
orls
/ programmer-films.md
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September 24, 2024 14:47
std::set phoenix;
phoenix.key_comp();
Prerequisites:
- One or more clients running a UNIX-like OS. Examples are given for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, although all software components are available for other platforms as well (e.g. OS X). YMMV
- A cheap Ubuntu 12.04 VPS with storage. I recommend Backupsy, they offer 250GB storage for $5/month. Ask Google for coupon codes.
Software components used:
ndarville
/ business-models.md
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October 9, 2025 17:55
Business models based on the compiled list at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647. I find the link very hard to browse, so I made a simple version in Markdown instead.
paulmillr
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December 5, 2025 05:52
Most active GitHub users (by contributions). https://paulmillr.com
Most active GitHub users (git.io/top)
The list would not be updated for now. Don't write comments.
The count of contributions (summary of Pull Requests, opened issues and commits) to public repos at GitHub.com from Wed, 21 Sep 2022 till Thu, 21 Sep 2023.
Because of GitHub search limitations, only 1000 first users according to amount of followers are included. If you are not in the list you don't have enough followers. See raw data and source code. Algorithm in pseudocode:
githubUsers
This is a plugin meant for Jekyll.
Example use:
Easily embed a YouTube video. Just drop this file in your _plugins directory.
{% youtube oHg5SJYRHA0 %}
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