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Impressions From The StackOverflow's DevDays Conference In San Francisco


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on October 19th, 2009 in Android, Java, Linux, Programming, Python, Technology, Twitter

I just got back from the StackOverflow's DevDays conference in the rainy (at least today) San Francisco.

I was really glad to see Joel Spolsky, Jeff Atwood, and the whole StackOverflow team in person, as well as listen to great talks in the following topics:

9:00 – 9:50    Joel Spolsky Opening Keynote
9:50 – 10:45    Mark Harrison Python
11:00 – 11:55    Rory Blyth iPhone
11:55 – 12:25    Joel Spolsky Fogbugz
13:30 – 14:25    Scott Hanselman ASP.NET-MVC
14:25 – 14:45    Jeff Atwood Stack Overflow
14:45 – 15:40    Daniel Rocha Qt
16:10 – 17:05    James Yum Android
17:05 – 18:00    Yehuda Katz jQuery

My own favorite topics were in the following order of fun/usefulness level:

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Hidden Features Of Perl, PHP, Javascript, C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby, Python, And Others [Collection Of Incredibly Useful Lists]


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on June 21st, 2009 in C, C Sharp, C++, CSS, Databases, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, Perl, PHP, Programming, Python, Ruby

Updated: September 16th, 2012

Introduction

StackOverflow is an amazing site for coding questions. It was created by Joel Spolsky of joelonsoftware.com, Jeff Atwood of codinghorror.com, and some other incredibly smart guys who truly care about user experience. I have been a total fan of SO since it went mainstream and it's now a borderline addiction (you can see my StackOverflow badge on the right sidebar).

The Story

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A Detailed Depiction Of The Job Interview Process At Google (by Peteris Krumins)


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on December 11th, 2008 in Linux, Programming

image Peteris Krumins is nothing short of a technical genius. Every single one of his blog posts is so detailed, one can write a book about it. He blogs about Linux, programming, and other tech stuff on his blog http://www.catonmat.net/.

A short while ago, Peteris posted his very thorough experience interviewing at Google. Needless to say, the level of detail is astounding. Unfortunately, he didn’t get the job but the post is very positive and informative. Here is the gist and a short excerpt:

  • There were 3 phone interviews and 5 on-site interviews.
  • Peteris flew in all the way from Latvia, fully sponsored by Google. They paid for his flight, hotel, transportation, and food – brilliant!
  • The interviews were very

    • …

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My Notes On Learning Python Coming From Perl


Posted by Artem Russakovskii on October 9th, 2008 in Programming

Updated: January 2nd, 2017

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I’m learning Python. Since I’m currently primarily a Perl coder, I decided it’d be a good idea to post and keep track of my experiences coming from heavy Perl. I have a few reasons for learning Python, which are:

  • to see what else is out there and broaden my horizons.
  • to keep my brain active by feeding it new tasty information every day.
  • to become a more valuable employee and potential future candidate.
  • to learn a new language, especially one used by giants like Google.
  • to learn a new OO language, as I’m tired of Perl’s hacky OO.
  • to build GUI applications. GUI in Perl is a big pain. I’ll see about Python.

So, without further ado, here are the …

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