ben_straub

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Airbnb experience that's really a $4500 practice interview for Amazon(airbnb.com)
3 points by ben_straub 8y ago|0 comments
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by ben_straub 8y ago
Likewise. Pro Git 2e was written using Asciidoc, and it made it easier/possible to do things like indexing and figure titles.
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by ben_straub 8y ago
Whoops, terrible formatting. - 2004-2006: $40-45k. Writing C in an embedded context (barcode scanners). Local company. - 2006-2011: $50k-70k. Writing C++ for device drivers and control panels. Japanese company, local subsidiary. - 2011-2012
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by ben_straub 8y ago
OK, I'll do it. White male, living in Portland, Oregon. All my roles are software engineering. - 2004-2006: $40-45k. Writing C in an embedded context (barcode scanners). Local company. - 2006-2011: $50k-70k. Writing C++ for device driv
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by ben_straub 9y ago
Yeah, this makes me sad. I mostly listen to music when I'm working, and hearing the same mix of 50 "top hits" gets tiring really fast. 45-60 minutes of music that has some similarity and continuity is WAY better.
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by ben_straub 9y ago
We've been reading aloud to our kids for _years_ now, and it's a great way to all share an imaginary world together. A great resource we found is the Read Aloud Handbook [1], which includes an enormous list of great books, and the
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by ben_straub 10y ago
Yeah, LaTeX is great, but mostly you won't need the superpowers that a document-programming language gives you. When Markdown doesn't quite do what I need, Asciidoc usually does (Pro Git 2 was written in Asciidoc).
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by ben_straub 10y ago
Pause Ghostery and reload. This is unfortunate.
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by ben_straub 11y ago
You effectively build your configuration file into the thing that knows how to run your container. If you're running Kubernetes, this is either a secret or the replication controller definition file. For docker-compose, this is the `do
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by ben_straub 11y ago
This chapter was updated for the 2nd edition: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects
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Kubernetes on AWS with VPCs: one issue you might run into(ben.straub.cc)
1 points by ben_straub 11y ago|0 comments
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The WIP Pull Request(ben.straub.cc)
1 points by ben_straub 11y ago|0 comments
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by ben_straub 11y ago
If you read something in Pro Git that could be better, or if you find a mistake, we're taking contributions at https://github.com/progit/progit2 . The only requirement is that you agree to license your contribution
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Hacking HR with Hubot(ben.straub.cc)
5 points by ben_straub 12y ago|0 comments
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by ben_straub 12y ago
We use Atlas to build the e-book versions of Pro Git (which you can download at https://progit.org/ ). We don't use their editing system, though; it's basically a continuous-deployment system for the book, and it d
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by ben_straub 12y ago
The `for...of` and `for...in` loops are much more readable than their pure-Javascript versions. The author is also leaving out really nice things like comprehensions.
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by ben_straub 12y ago
Is this supposed to be "Hubot, but usable without hiring a developer?" There are lots of non-software companies that could benefit from chat-ops-like automation.
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by ben_straub 12y ago
The images are pretty big, so they'll look good in print and on retina screens. If you run the build locally, you could include a step that ImageMagicks them down to a more reasonable size for a Kindle.
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by ben_straub 12y ago
Huh, we'll have to fix that. You can find the pre-order for the 2nd edition if you search for it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1484200772/ref=as_li_tl?ie=...
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by ben_straub 12y ago
Honestly, the reason is size. If you're a newcomer to OSS, it's very likely that you'll end up with a GitHub user account, and much less so with BitBucket. We do mention BitBucket in the [forking workflows section]( http:&#x2
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by ben_straub 12y ago
A lot . (Coauthor here.) Not every sentence was rewritten, but 4 years is a long time. There was a lot of content that was either inaccurate or out of date. We added content about two-way bridges and migration to other VCSes, graphical cli
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by ben_straub 12y ago
You mean like Excel actually does? http://i.imgur.com/kMPKnqO.png
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by ben_straub 12y ago
> The biology of the human body and food is so complex, science is nowhere close to understanding it helpfully enough to design a diet To me, this is an argument for eating real foods, and a reason to be skeptical of things like soylent.
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by ben_straub 12y ago
Todays grains are actually a highly-processed food that you can't really digest when they're raw. There's no one simple rule for food on paleo/primal, but one rule of thumb is "feel free to cook, but only eat things
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by ben_straub 12y ago
Fruits and vegetables. Starchy roots are heavy on the carbs, and so are apples and strawberries. Primal allows dairy if you're not intolerant, and milk has lactose (a sugar).
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by ben_straub 13y ago
I've seen this done by locking the room, too. That way, everyone in the room when you make the change sees everything (and can check your work), but it's not recorded in the transcripts.
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by ben_straub 13y ago
Spot on. What you're describing is leadership, which is pretty deeply wired into human nature. We don't try to avoid this; rather, we want to recognize it as a discipline, and help people become better at it. Authority, however, i
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by ben_straub 13y ago
Note that I didn't say salary, I said raises. ;) Every other job I've had uses some sort of stressful review as part of the salary process. You get a good review, your raise is bigger; bad review, smaller raise. This seems like it
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by ben_straub 13y ago
Heh. Whoops. Thanks. :*)
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by ben_straub 13y ago
(Disclaimer: Hubber.) Here's the thing about "management work": it turns out you don't necessarily need management to do it. Setting priorities? This can be done through consensus. Making sure schedules are met? Don&#x27

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