I recently stumbled upon this gem of a dissertation “What Makes a Great Software Engineer” by Paul Luo Li (2016), and it’s a treasure trove of insights about what makes a software engineer truly stand out. Li, a University of Washington Ph.D. grad, dove deep into this by interviewing 59 top-notch Microsoft engineers, surveying nearly …
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iTerm2 Profiles and Git Keys
Need to use different public/private key pairs for different environments? You can use iTerm2’s profiles with environment variable GIT_SSH_COMMAND to make handling multiple keys easier.
Git – Finding Lost/Dangling Commits
Lost a git commit? Here is how you might be able to get it back.
Type Checking In JavaScript Is Tricky
Type checking is tricky in JavaScript. type === ‘string’ may one day trip you up.
Luke Scott 