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danielcompton / gist:6724333
Created September 27, 2013 04:53
Excel formula for calculating NZ tax paid on annual income.
=IF(B2<=14000,SUM(B2*10.5%),IF(B2<=48000,SUM(B2-14000)*17.5%+1470,IF(B2<=70000,SUM(B2-48000)*30%+7420,IF(B2>=70001,SUM(B2-70000)*33%+14020))))
@joshbuchea
joshbuchea / semantic-commit-messages.md
Last active July 1, 2025 20:07
Semantic Commit Messages

Semantic Commit Messages

See how a minor change to your commit message style can make you a better programmer.

Format: <type>(<scope>): <subject>

<scope> is optional

Example

@mohanpedala
mohanpedala / bash_strict_mode.md
Last active June 29, 2025 11:00
set -e, -u, -o, -x pipefail explanation
@asahasrabuddhe
asahasrabuddhe / JSONComparer.java
Created March 12, 2019 10:28
Compare and find out differences between two JSON files
import com.google.common.collect.MapDifference;
import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.reflect.TypeToken;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
@coltenkrauter
coltenkrauter / fix-wsl2-dns-resolution.md
Last active June 27, 2025 05:53
Fix DNS resolution in WSL2

Permanent WSL DNS Fix (WSL 2.2.1+)

If you're encountering ping github.com failing inside WSL with a Temporary failure in name resolution, you're not alone — this has been a long-standing issue, especially when using VPNs or corporate networks.

This issue is now fixed robustly with DNS tunneling, which preserves dynamic DNS behavior and avoids limitations like WSL’s former hard cap of 3 DNS servers in /etc/resolv.conf.

DNS tunneling is enabled by default in WSL version 2.2.1 and later, meaning that if you're still seeing DNS resolution issues, the first and most effective fix is simply to upgrade WSL. Upgrading WSL updates the WSL platform itself, but does not affect your installed Linux distributions, apps, or files.

To upgrade WSL, follow these steps,

@IanColdwater
IanColdwater / twittermute.txt
Last active June 15, 2025 16:53
Here are some terms to mute on Twitter to clean your timeline up a bit.
Mute these words in your settings here: https://twitter.com/settings/muted_keywords
ActivityTweet
generic_activity_highlights
generic_activity_momentsbreaking
RankedOrganicTweet
suggest_activity
suggest_activity_feed
suggest_activity_highlights
suggest_activity_tweet
@stettix
stettix / things-i-believe.md
Last active June 19, 2025 02:11
Things I believe

Things I believe

This is a collection of the things I believe about software development. I have worked for years building backend and data processing systems, so read the below within that context.

Agree? Disagree? Feel free to let me know at @JanStette.

Fundamentals

Keep it simple, stupid. You ain't gonna need it.

#!/bin/bash
# Help.
if [[ "$1" == "-h" || "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
echo 'Usage: teams-chat-post.sh "<webhook_url>" "<title>" "<color>" "<message>"'
exit 0
fi
# Webhook or Token.
WEBHOOK_URL=$1
if [[ "${WEBHOOK_URL}" == "" ]]
<!-- plug-in configuration to put into your parent POM for avoiding any usages of
outdated log4j2 versions, some of which are subject to the RCE CVE-2021-44228
("Log4Shell"), CVE-2021-45046, and CVE-2021-45105. Make sure to check for the
latest version of log4j2 at
https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
...
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.0.0</version>