Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Tour de Babel

**This post is from: here. This is my whirlwind languages tour — the one I was going to write for the Amazon Developers Journal this month, but couldn't find a way to do it that was... presentable. For one thing, I lapse occasionally into coarseness and profanity here, so it wasn't appropriate for an official-ish Amazon publication. Instead, I'm stuffing it into my blog, which nobody reads. Except for you. Yep, just you. Hiya. For...
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Friday, April 20, 2012

The 10 rules of a Zen programmer

UPDATE: You want a book on Zen Programming? Click here. On a rainy morning I found myself sitting on the desk thinking about efficient working. Before I started as a freelancer I had some days were I worked lots but could look only back on a worse outcome. I started with Zen practice back in 2006. What clearly came to my mind before...
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王淮在 Facebook 的十点经验总结

文章作者:王淮 我是2007年初加入Facebook, 那时大概150人; 2011年9月底离开, 当时3200多人. 经历了很多稀奇古怪但影响很大的项目, 像Application Platform, Social Ads, News Feed, Gift Shop, Facebook Credits等等. 碰到的很多的问题都是全新的, 规模是互联网历史上最大的. 当时的心惊肉跳现在回想起来是很让人怀念的旧时光. 到我离开Facebook的时候, 我负责支付安全和工具研发部门还有部分的支付后台研发组. 现在我在全职做天使投资, 给看对眼的团队在早期产品技术团队搭建给予一些力所能及的帮助. 有兴趣的朋友可以关注我的微博@王淮Harry哥. 在Facebook的这些年让我学习感悟了很多东西,...
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