#til

Things kf learns, on a daily basis.

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8 April 2015

TIL...

~*Philly ETE edition*~

How Typesafe prioritizes enterprise support, “reactive” programming, and Scala language development, versus how Typelevel prioritizes language development and community, thanks to Erik, Michael, Brian, Brendan, and Jamie.

Nicknames for the most common Scalaz operators, thanks to Brendan!

How to plan for and program microservice architectures on Mesos, thanks to Ben!

How to get started using Scala.js, thanks to Haoyi!

How Netflix uses Mesos in production, thanks to Diptanu!

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7 April 2015

TIL...

How to use Prismatic’s Schema library, thanks to Jessica!

How to use core.async, thanks to Stu!

That conference talks are not an indicator of career stability, thanks to Jeanine.

That you can tour this goat dairy farm in Pescadero, thanks to Seb!

That you can rent goats for private parties, thanks to Dave!

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6 April 2015

TIL...

What LDAP actually is, thanks to this handy Wikipedia article.

How to generate a parser in JavaScript using PEG.js.

What “tax loss harvesting” means, thanks to Juliet!

What stocks vs. mutual funds vs. index funds are; what “diversifying your portfolio” means; and why you should save for a “down payment,” thanks to Tim!

What beginner-friendly finance books to read, thanks to Sharon!

I Will Teach You To Be Rich by Ramit Sethi

That Thing Rich People Do by Kaye A. Thomas

Invest Like a Pro by Jesse Mecham