Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

View brettchalupa's full-sized avatar

Brett Chalupa brettchalupa

View GitHub Profile
@cobyism
cobyism / gh-pages-deploy.md
Last active July 1, 2025 06:35
Deploy to `gh-pages` from a `dist` folder on the master branch. Useful for use with [yeoman](http://yeoman.io).

Deploying a subfolder to GitHub Pages

Sometimes you want to have a subdirectory on the master branch be the root directory of a repository’s gh-pages branch. This is useful for things like sites developed with Yeoman, or if you have a Jekyll site contained in the master branch alongside the rest of your code.

For the sake of this example, let’s pretend the subfolder containing your site is named dist.

Step 1

Remove the dist directory from the project’s .gitignore file (it’s ignored by default by Yeoman).

Zero downtime deploys with unicorn + nginx + runit + rvm + chef

Below are the actual files we use in one of our latest production applications at Agora Games to achieve zero downtime deploys with unicorn. You've probably already read the GitHub blog post on Unicorn and would like to try zero downtime deploys for your application. I hope these files and notes help. I am happy to update these files or these notes if there are comments/questions. YMMV (of course).

Other application notes:

  • Our application uses MongoDB, so we don't have database migrations to worry about as with MySQL or postgresql. That does not mean that we won't have to worry about issues with the database with indexes being built in MongoDB or what have you.
  • We use capistrano for deployment.

Salient points for each file:

$ ->
$("div.contacts form").live "ajax:success", ->
$.get window.pathname, (data) =>
$(this).closest("div.contacts").replaceWith $(data).find("div.contacts")
@zoomix
zoomix / agnoster-light.zsh-theme
Created October 3, 2012 14:39
agnoster zsh light theme
# vim:ft=zsh ts=2 sw=2 sts=2
#
# agnoster's Theme - https://gist.github.com/3712874
# A Powerline-inspired theme for ZSH
#
# # README
#
# In order for this theme to render correctly, you will need a
# [Powerline-patched font](https://gist.github.com/1595572).
#
@brettchalupa
brettchalupa / favorite_sort.rb
Created September 19, 2012 22:18
Sorting and displaying Submissions and their Favorite count
@submissions = Submission.all.sort_by { |s| s.favorites.count }
File.open("favorites_list.txt", "w") do |file|
@submissions.each do |submission|
file << submission.name + " - Favorites: " + submission.favorites.count.to_s + "\n"
end
end
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active July 18, 2025 14:43
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@them0nk
them0nk / rspec_rails_cheetsheet.rb
Created March 23, 2012 03:39
Rspec Rails cheatsheet (include capybara matchers)
#Model
@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank") # check for the error message
#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)
#Redirecting
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)
@nicoleslaw
nicoleslaw / 1_Tiny_Content_Framework.md
Last active January 24, 2025 16:39
Tiny Content Framework

Tiny Content Framework

About the project

This is a tiny content strategy framework focused on goals, messages, and branding. This is not a checklist. Use what you need and scrap the rest. Rewrite it or add to it. These topics should help you get to the bottom of things with clients and other people you work with.

Give me feedback on Twitter (@nicoleslaw) or by email ([email protected]).

Contents

tmux cheatsheet

As configured in my dotfiles.

start new:

tmux

start new with session name: