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Re: Xg2xg: Lookup table of similar tech and services for ex-Googlers

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Post by sqs »

sa46 wrote: post #47
sqs wrote: post #35

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We (Sourcegraph) are interested in building an alternative to Critique at some point in the future, or at least enhancing existing code review tools to offer many of the favorite features of Critique. What are your favorite/must-have Critique features? (Also would love to jump on a video chat if you or anyone else is interested, and we could live-stream/share it on YouTube for others interested. Email me at sqs@sourc…

I left Google about a month ago and use Github now. Things I miss: - the ability to batch all comments in a single send. GitHub has the problem where replies are immediate and don’t necessarily represent the PR state. - built-in fixes and lints that show up as comments - the ability to diff between snapshots instead of losing all previous context every force push to a Github PR. - Github’s diff is really bad for code…

Thanks!

GitHub actually does some of these things already. Do these solutions help/suffice?

- Batching all comments in a single send: This is a core GitHub code review feature. You can send immediately by pressing the "Add single comment" button, but if you "Start a review", your comments are batched.

- Built-in fixes and lints on the PR "Files changed" tab: GitHub Checks offer this, although not many teams have adopted it (that I'm aware of).

- Changing indentation: The "Diff settings" menu has a "Hide whitespace changes" option, although it's not (afaik) possible to persist this.

- Auto-submit if tests pass: The Refined GitHub browser extension offers this (https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github), kind of. You need to keep the page open in your browser while it finishes.

Also, have you seen https://reviewable.io/ (made by an Xoogler) and does that appeal to you?

Re: Xg2xg: Lookup table of similar tech and services for ex-Googlers

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Post by akhilcacharya »

badcoderman wrote: post #11
akhilcacharya wrote: post #3

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They don’t, and if you’ve got the G-factor, pun intended, to get an offer at Google you can get an offer anywhere. Which, honestly, makes this repository all the more confusing to me. I’m sure there are some people that have lived only within this ecosystem, but that’s the possibly the height of privilege.

Eh you'd be surprised, I couldn't even get an interview with some places, got denied from others, but now work at Google doing full stack. Every technology I use though is Google internal, and I don't have much knowledge of full stack development outside of Google. Some companies just test your algo / ds / system design knowledge, and sure I do fine there, but any specific knowledge I'm useless. TBH I think I'm not v…

That’s what I’m saying, you’ve proven to be smart enough to figure it out.

Besides it’s a moot point since no company that competes with Google for talent asks exclusively domain specific questions in their interview loops.

Re: Xg2xg: Lookup table of similar tech and services for ex-Googlers

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Post by oneweekwonder »

jaytaylor wrote: post #44
kajecounterhack wrote: post #36

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Cloud9 is still there https://aws.amazon.com/cloud9/?origin=c9io

Now with that AWS lock-in, no thanks. It only serves as a reminder of how early adopters get burned, similar though not as bad as the whole FoundationDB->Apple fiasco; that one affected me personally and drove home this lesson. I don't enjoy being the insect who claimed a tall blade of grass only to be mowed down first. If you value your time and value stability, don't use closed-core tools.

The experience is rough around the edges but there is the original cloud9v2 source code living on as pylon-ide?

https://github.com/pylonide/pylon

Re: Xg2xg: Lookup table of similar tech and services for ex-Googlers

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Post by boulos »

QuercusMax wrote: post #24
shereadsthenews wrote: post #19

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It’s funny because inside google borgmon is deprecated for new projects and has been since nine years at least. Of course google has stretched “deprecated” to its limits.

As long as you don't have to write promethus configs in the horrendous borgmon language....

Fwiw, I like Borgmon, but I also like APL derivatives :). My sadness is that Borgmon’s type system is quite poor, but like many “product of necessity” systems it actually worked incredibly well.

Re: Xg2xg: Lookup table of similar tech and services for ex-Googlers

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Post by andreareina »

QuercusMax wrote: post #25
tyingq wrote: post #10

Great list, and interesting for non-Googlers too. I'd replace, though: Google -> Real World free food -> :( With: free food -> free time

Not sure why you think free food is traded for free time. Free food helps me use my time at work more effectively. I usually have breakfast and lunch with teammates, and it's a mix of socialization and work-related conversations. Half an hour in the free cafe > 45-90 minutes going someplace to buy food.

Personal preference obviously but I like getting away from work for lunch. After eating if it's nice out I'll actually just sit myself on a bench and chill. 15, 30 minutes doing that is worth so much more to me than leaving work that much earlier.

Re: Xg2xg: Lookup table of similar tech and services for ex-Googlers

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Post by randomsearch »

QuercusMax wrote: post #25
tyingq wrote: post #10

Great list, and interesting for non-Googlers too. I'd replace, though: Google -> Real World free food -> :( With: free food -> free time

Not sure why you think free food is traded for free time. Free food helps me use my time at work more effectively. I usually have breakfast and lunch with teammates, and it's a mix of socialization and work-related conversations. Half an hour in the free cafe > 45-90 minutes going someplace to buy food.

Isn’t the purpose of the free food to make you spend more time at work? Seems logical that the alternative is more time at home.
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