Igor's Computer Blog

This will likely roll up into another blog post, but writing it down so  I don't lose it. In the 2000's using a computer meant using the windows desktop. Two common capabilities from those days were the ability to do a user initiated share of data between applications, and the ability to asynchronously notify the user. User initiated data sharing on the windows desktop was accomplished with drag and drop. Today there are no apps so there is no notion of sharing between them, except - e-mail. For example, if you want to share a video via youtube, you can send a mail to a special youtube address. Asyncronous user notification used to be done with notification windows in the bottom user of your screen.  Today there is no notion of an on your latest device alerting platform - except e-mail. For example if youtube wants to tell you your video is ready to be shared, you get an email. Cool how the world evolves eh?

This post will enumerate the vim emulators I use, I expect it to refresh as I learn of more.  The VIM community is very passionate and frequently adds plugins to support VI keybindings in random tools. Here are the tools I use with their vim key bindings.  Chrome/Firefox  -   Vimium  Chrome/Firefox   Textboxes  -   Wasavi  Windows Command Line  -  Clink  ( instructions ) Unix Command Line  - set -o vi OneNote  -  Vim For OneNote Visual Studio - VsVim  (my customization here ) Visual Studio Code  -  VsCodeVim IntelliJ -   IdeaVim  (my customization  here ) XCode  -  XVim  (my customization  here ) Jupyter Notebooks -  jupyter-vim-binding Happy VIMing. 

This post targets currently employed developers who want to switch jobs.   Job hunts are stressful, and my goal for my job hunts is getting the job I want without getting too stressed.  My job hunting stresses come from: lack of confidence, being rushed, not having options, disappointing others and the pressure from my current job responsibilities. By expecting and mitigating each of these stressors I greatly reduce the stress during my job hunt. Below are my stressors and mitigations: • Lack of confidence ○ Study for technical interviews - Study Cracking the Coding Interview  and system design questions . Expect to spend 4-8 hours a week for 4 to 8 weeks.  The longer it's been since you've interviewed last, the longer this will take. ○  Prepare for behavioral questions - Think through your previous projects for situations that demonstrate leadership, confidence, team building and be prepared to discuss them. ○ Do mock interviews - ask your fri...

This post will enumerate the helpers and commands I use with git, I expect it to refresh as I learn of more.  This is now basically out of date, and a place to jog my memory.  I'd recommend finding your problem and solution here: https://github.com/k88hudson/git-flight-rules Tools: Source Tree - a superb gui for git. I use it for all but the simplest commits. gitk - Built into the git distro, gitk allows you to visualize the tree Uncommon, but useful operations Move recent commit from master to a branch. git branch newbranch git reset --hard HEAD~3 # Go back 3 commits. You *will* lose uncommitted work.*1 git checkout newbranch Get a local copy of a server branch (tracking branch)     git checkout   See which branches contain which commit  git branch -r --contains See pretty view of history (all after tag 1.2.38.0) git log --decorate --oneline --no-merges  1.2.38.0.. Even prettier git log --pretty=format:"%C(yellow)%h%...