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Aaron apeckham

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apeckham / gist:2918786

Created June 12, 2012 17:16

set DATABASE_URL from database.yml, in environment.rb

	# because queue_classic requires DATABASE_URL in test and development

	ENV["DATABASE_URL"] \|\|= begin
	config = YAML.load(ERB.new(IO.read(Rails.root.join("config/database.yml"))).result)[Rails.env]
	"#{config["adapter"]}://#{config["username"]}:@#{config["host"]}/#{config["database"]}"
	end

apeckham / spec_helper.rb

Created June 12, 2012 17:32

run all queue_classic jobs in test

	def run_queued_jobs
	worker = QC::Worker.new
	worker.work until QC.count.zero?
	end

apeckham / gist:2925217

Created June 13, 2012 16:48

	ActiveRecord::Base.after_create do \|record\|
	INSTRUMENTAL.increment "#{record.class.to_s.underscore}.create"
	end

apeckham / debugging.txt

Created June 13, 2012 22:46

running librato's statsd chef recipe on ec2 with knife-solo, and sending data from Rails

apeckham / gist:2957023

Created June 19, 2012 22:57

run clockwork in-process

	LEFTRONIC = Leftronic.new 'leftronic key'

	class Worker
	def self.five_second_job
	LEFTRONIC.push_number 'widget id', rand
	end
	end

	include Clockwork
	handler { \|job\| Worker.send(job) }

apeckham / gist:2960968

Created June 20, 2012 17:06

paste into the address bar and hit return to hide the orange new version ad on groupme

javascript:$("#web-nag").hide()

apeckham / heroku_headers.rb

Created June 22, 2012 16:19

rails metal to log heroku x-headers in request to statsd

	class HerokuHeaders
	def self.call(env)
	$statsd.gauge('heroku.dynos_in_use', env['HTTP_X_HEROKU_DYNOS_IN_USE'])
	$statsd.timing('heroku.queue_wait_time', env['HTTP_X_HEROKU_QUEUE_WAIT_TIME'])
	$statsd.gauge('heroku.queue_depth', env['HTTP_X_HEROKU_QUEUE_DEPTH'])

	[404, {}, []]
	end
	end

apeckham / gist:3014943

Created June 29, 2012 00:32

Keep an SSH tunnel running all the time: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.example.ssh-tunnel.plist

	<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
	<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
	<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
	<key>Label</key>
	<string>com.example.ssh-tunnel</string>
	<key>OnDemand</key>
	<false/>
	<key>ProgramArguments</key>
	<array>

apeckham / gist:3140823

Created July 19, 2012 04:47

launchbar url for adding tasks to rememberthemilk via milkmaid gem and rbenv

	# http://www.obdev.at/resources/launchbar/help/URLCommands.html

	x-launchbar:execute?path=/usr/local/bin/rbenv&arguments=exec+milkmaid+task+add+%22*%22

apeckham / backend.js

Created July 20, 2012 21:30

simple statsd backend that prints json to /var/log/statsd.log

	exports.init = function(startup_time, config, events) {
	events.on('flush', function(timestamp, metrics) {
	console.log(JSON.stringify(timestamp));
	console.log(JSON.stringify(metrics));
	});

	return true;
	};