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@nebiros
nebiros / Gemfile
Created May 23, 2012 15:58
rails + unicorn + rbenv + init.d daemon
group :production do
gem "unicorn"
end
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active April 2, 2026 00:17
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@karussell
karussell / install-elasticsearch-debian
Last active May 4, 2021 10:13
setup ElasticSearch on EC2
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
wget https://github.com/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-0.19.8.deb
sudo dpkg -i elasticsearch-0.19.8.deb
# be sure you add "action.disable_delete_all_indices" : true to the config!!
# if you want to remove it:
sudo dpkg -r elasticsearch
@mitfik
mitfik / gist:3169039
Created July 24, 2012 09:22
Helper for S3 direct upload file
def s3_form_tag(options = {})
bucket = options[:bucket]
access_key_id = options[:access_key_id]
secret_access_key = options[:secret_access_key]
key = options[:key] || ''
content_type = options[:content_type] || '' # Defaults to binary/octet-stream if blank
redirect = options[:redirect] || '/'
acl = options[:acl] || 'public-read'
expiration_date = options[:expiration_date].strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z') if options[:expiration_date]
max_filesize = options[:max_filesize] || 671088640 # 5 gb
@rgreenjr
rgreenjr / postgres_queries_and_commands.sql
Last active March 30, 2026 20:20
Useful PostgreSQL Queries and Commands
-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
ORDER BY query_start desc;
-- show running queries (9.2)
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
@tehpeh
tehpeh / db.rake
Created September 17, 2012 02:05
Enable hstore on rake db:schema:load
namespace :db do
namespace :enable do
desc "enable hstore extension"
task :hstore => [:environment, :load_config] do
ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute('CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS hstore;')
end
end
Rake::Task['db:schema:load'].enhance ['db:enable:hstore']
end
@mahemoff
mahemoff / elasticsearch.rake
Created September 19, 2012 19:36 — forked from jarosan/elasticsearch.rake
Elasticsearch reindex task
# Run with: rake environment elasticsearch:reindex
# Begins by creating the index using tire:import command. This will create the "official" index name, e.g. "person" each time.
# Then we rename it to, e.g. "person20121001" and alias "person" to it.
namespace :elasticsearch do
desc "re-index elasticsearch"
task :reindex => :environment do
klasses = [Place, Person, Caption]
@schmurfy
schmurfy / workers.rb
Created September 20, 2012 21:22
Celluloid workers
require 'celluloid'
WORKERS_COUNT = (ARGV[0] || 1).to_i
class Output
include Celluloid
def puts(msg)
Kernel.puts(msg)
end
@robcowie
robcowie / timeapi.coffee
Created January 12, 2013 17:27
www.timeapi.org hubot plugin. `hubot time <timezone>` `hubot time <timezone> <query>`
# Description:
# Submit time query to www.timeapi.org
#
# Commands:
# hubot time - Current time in local timezone
# hubot time <timezone> - Current time in timezone
# hubot time <timezone> <query> - Time in timezone based on query
module.exports = (robot) ->
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active March 18, 2026 20:19
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application: