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Rebellion at DataRobot over insider stock sales
What happens when executives are allowed to secretly sell stock at a company that is doing poorly? And what can founders learn from this incident?
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 4,748 posts.
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I got paid to live in Antarctica
Sharing how I got paid to live in Antarctica, how to get a job on the ice, and everything you need to know about life at McMurdo Station.
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Who's on call?
Implementation of an on-call policy requires answering precisely these questions: who is responsible for on-call duties for an application/service, and how is that responsibility defined? More succinctly, who owns on-call?
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Shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it
As I watched him on stage, I thought about what made him extraordinary. It’s not his voice. He readily admits that his voice isn’t amazing.
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Normalization of Deviance
If I was setting up curriculum at a university I’d make an entire semester-long class on The Challenger disaster, and make it required for any remotely STEM-oriented major. Because I think it…
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Why I’m leaving 18F
On Election Night 2016, a few hours before the results were fully in, I wrote a blog post titled “Why I’m staying at 18F”. I felt it was…
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Lessons Learned in Software Development
Here is my list of heuristics and rules of thumb for software development that I have found useful over the years: Development 1. Start small, then extend. Whether creating a new system, or …
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Tragedy of return to hostile offices
Don't suffer and merely survive, aided by your noise cancelling headphones. Optimising for individual happiness can result in less of the joy that people find in teams that achieve great things together.
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Working for a Dating Website (2015)
Over this past weekend, I came across a Wired called "Write the Perfect Email to Anyone with this Creepy Site" on using machine learning and natural language processing to analyze a person's social media profiles and offer tips on how to communicate with them effectively. Most people immediately thought about sales…
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Programmers need to start meditating
For over 20 years, the meditative focus of programming has been one of the best parts of my job. Every week I’d spend countless hours in a flow state, which quiets the default mode network. The DMN is responsible for daydreaming/reflection but also rumination/worrying, so quieting it settles your mind. If I didn’t…
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On Building Git for Lawyers
Building git for lawyers at Version Story (YC W21) — versionstory.com
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What I learned interviewing with Google
Over the last few weeks I've been interviewing with Google for a job doing primarily JavaScript development. I didn't end up getting the...
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A concrete example of what goes wrong with Apple's docs
Projects and thoughts from James Porter
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Three questions to turn the table during technical interviews
Questions for when your interviewer says “Do you have any questions for me?”
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Section 174 is reversed, mostly
Finally, relief: tax regulation hurting the US tech industry is striked off for good - for the most part, that is.
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The Bluffers Guide to the Mythical Man Month
One thing that often strikes me when sitting in on client interviews is how many candidates lack an historical perspective on software development. In a profession of “perpetual beginnersR…
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Canonicals Interview Process
Personal blog of Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
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The Myth of Commoditized Excellence
Contents A New Idea Desire to Share Affirming Response The Naming The Movement Pressure for Simplification Fear of Stagnation Commoditizing the Excellence Crescendo of Disillusionment Conclusion A
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United Airlines Bug Bounty: An experience in reporting a serious vulnerability
About six months ago, United Airlines announced their Bug Bounty program and, almost immediately, it received a ton of press. Though I initially wasn’t interested in pursuing the program (mainly due to its popularity), I decided to take a look a week or two after its launch despite being late to the party. Shortly…