mgomez

The only thing in my security log over at GitHub that I'm not familiar with is a handful of "repo.change_merge_setting...Blocked a merge setting on the ${my_repo} repository" entries. Googling that provides little information. Can anyone explain what that means? Should I be worried?

> Bob did well on our interviews and was hired as a software developer in charge of infrastructure components. But it soon became apparent that his development habits were very heavily biased towards the hacking end of the spectrum.

I'm primarily a self-taught developer. Can anyone recommend some resources (e.g., books about professional software engineering practices) so that I don't end up like Bob?

Have a look at Firecracker for running microVMs (originally developed at AWS before becoming open source):

https://firecracker-microvm.github.io/

> most contracts require that even outside of work the company owns your IP unless otherwise stated

Assuming the outside work was performed on the employee's own time/equipment and doesn't compete with the employer's business, such contracts would be unenforceable in California. See section 2870 of the California Labor Code: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...

> Have you tried docker on Windows? It's even worse.

In my experience, Docker on Windows with WSL 2[1] has been pretty snappy.

[1] https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/wsl/

I believe the person you're replying to was referring to section 2870 from the California Labor Code: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...

"(a) Any provision in an employment agreement which provides that an employee shall assign, or offer to assign, any of his or her rights in an invention to his or her employer shall not apply to an invention that the employee developed entirely on his or her own time without using the employer’s equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information except for those inventions that either:

(1) Relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the invention to the employer’s business, or actual or demonstrably anticipated research or development of the employer; or

(2) Result from any work performed by the employee for the employer.

(b) To the extent a provision in an employment agreement purports to require an employee to assign an invention otherwise excluded from being required to be assigned under subdivision (a), the provision is against the public policy of this state and is unenforceable."

You do realize that you replied to the very same person that's presenting in that video, right? :)