Hi All !
Here is the weekly summary of Technical / Non-Technical topics that I found very resourceful.
Technical:
- In Linux, perf command can give you a lot of power for instrumenting the system if you know how to use it. Here is a “not so short” description on how to use it. Note: A post about perf commands is in the pipeline & I will post it shortly ! — “Perf command in linux.”
- Bash is more powerful than Black Magic (if that exists!). Here is a 3 part series on some powerful “Bash one-liners.”
- Developer surveys usually give an insight on what most people are working on / the next Big Thing! Here are the results of “Stackoverflow Developer Survey Results 2019.”
- Top documents and papers on Hacker News in 2019. Updated weekly. — “Hacker News Papers.“
- If you have a student email, take advantage of the Github student pack and others. “Github educational free pack.“
Non-Technical :
- I greatly enjoyed the podcast. — “How Seth Godin Manages His Life — Rules.”
Note : It is a 123minute long podcast. I consumed it at 2x play speed during an overnight journey. One of the take aways for me — “Most of the people keep playing with the cards they have got instead of moving to a different table with different cards. Don’t get stuck. Move to a different table.“ - Have you tried Stoic philosophy ? If not, I highly recommend it for general life wisdom. If a Stoic philosophical book like “Letters from a Stoic” is too much for you, then there is an app — “The Stoic” which will fill you with one Stoic quote a day!
- So there was the first image of Blackhole this week. This explains the efforts involved in making Blackhole image a reality. — Youtube link.
- An amazing extract from a book that hit me:
“When you are very competitive, you get good at the thing you are competing with people on. But it comes at the expense of losing out on many other things. It is important to understand and accept the consequences.”
Peter Thiel
Have a greet weekend.
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