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@chicoxyzzy
chicoxyzzy / nvm-node-nightlies.md
Last active September 11, 2024 13:27
Installing Node Nightlies via nvm

You can install Node Nightlies/RCs via nvm using NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR environment variable.

Install latest Node RC

NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://nodejs.org/download/rc/ nvm i node

Install latest Node.js Nightly

NVM_NODEJS_ORG_MIRROR=https://nodejs.org/download/nightly/ nvm i node
@cvan
cvan / HOWTO.md
Last active May 16, 2025 06:07
How to serve a custom HTTPS domain on GitHub Pages with CloudFlare: *FREE*, secure and performant by default

Instructions

CloudFlare is an awesome reverse cache proxy and CDN that provides DNS, free HTTPS (TLS) support, best-in-class performance settings (gzip, SDCH, HTTP/2, sane Cache-Control and E-Tag headers, etc.), minification, etc.

  1. Make sure you have registered a domain name.
  2. Sign up for CloudFlare and create an account for your domain.
  3. In your domain registrar's admin panel, point the nameservers to CloudFlare's (refer to this awesome list of links for instructions for various registrars).
  4. From the CloudFlare settings for that domain, enable HTTPS/SSL and set up a Page Rule to force HTTPS redirects. (If you want to get fancy, you can also enable automatic minification for text-based assets [HTML/CSS/JS/SVG/etc.], which is a pretty cool feature if you don't want already have a build step for minification.)
  5. If you
@paulirish
paulirish / how-to-view-source-of-chrome-extension.md
Last active October 10, 2025 13:28
How to view-source of a Chrome extension

Option 1: Command-line download extension as zip and extract

extension_id=jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin   # change this ID
curl -L -o "$extension_id.zip" "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&os=mac&arch=x86-64&nacl_arch=x86-64&prod=chromecrx&prodchannel=stable&prodversion=44.0.2403.130&x=id%3D$extension_id%26uc" 
unzip -d "$extension_id-source" "$extension_id.zip"

Thx to crxviewer for the magic download URL.

@jsmits
jsmits / flake8.xml
Last active August 2, 2018 16:52
PyCharm 3.x Flake8 Configuration XML
<toolSet name="Code Checking">
<tool name="Flake8" showInMainMenu="true" showInEditor="true" showInProject="true" showInSearchPopup="true" disabled="false" useConsole="true" showConsoleOnStdOut="false" showConsoleOnStdErr="false" synchronizeAfterRun="true">
<exec>
<option name="COMMAND" value="/usr/local/bin/flake8" />
<option name="PARAMETERS" value="--max-complexity 10 $FilePath$" />
<option name="WORKING_DIRECTORY" value="$ProjectFileDir$" />
</exec>
<filter>
<option name="NAME" value="Filter 1" />
<option name="DESCRIPTION" />