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@stympy
stympy / deploy.rb
Created December 12, 2011 21:27
Skip asset pre-compilation when deploying if the assets didn't change
namespace :deploy do
namespace :assets do
task :precompile, :roles => :web, :except => { :no_release => true } do
from = source.next_revision(current_revision)
if capture("cd #{latest_release} && #{source.local.log(from)} vendor/assets/ app/assets/ | wc -l").to_i > 0
run %Q{cd #{latest_release} && #{rake} RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} #{asset_env} assets:precompile}
else
logger.info "Skipping asset pre-compilation because there were no asset changes"
end
end
@thulstrup
thulstrup / compass-retina-sprites.scss
Created March 20, 2012 19:18
Using Compass to generate normal and retina sprite maps
$sprites: sprite-map("sprites/*.png");
$sprites-retina: sprite-map("sprites-retina/*.png");
@mixin sprite-background($name) {
background-image: sprite-url($sprites);
background-position: sprite-position($sprites, $name);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
display: block;
height: image-height(sprite-file($sprites, $name));
width: image-width(sprite-file($sprites, $name));
@douglasjarquin
douglasjarquin / gist:2208690
Created March 26, 2012 18:58
Amazon RDS Performance Tuning Settings
rds-modify-db-parameter-group {param-group-name} \
--parameters="name=character_set_server, value=utf8, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=collation_server, value=utf8_general_ci, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=tmp_table_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/16}, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=max_heap_table_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/16}, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=query_cache_type, value=1, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=query_cache_size, value=131072, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=table_open_cache, value=2500, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=join_buffer_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/64}, method=pending-reboot" \
--parameters="name=thread_cache_size, value={DBInstanceClassMemory/12582880}, method=pending-reboot" \
@erikh
erikh / hack.sh
Created March 31, 2012 07:02 — forked from DAddYE/hack.sh
OSX For Hackers
#!/usr/bin/env sh
##
# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# install it:
# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh | sh
#
@ChristianPeters
ChristianPeters / config-application.rb
Created April 16, 2012 12:29
Adapted for Rails Asset Pipeline: Split CSS files so that there are no more than a given number of selectors in one style sheet. This is a tool to cope with Internet Explorer's limitation of max. 4095 selectors per stylesheet.
#...
module MyProject
class Application < Rails::Application
config.assets.precompile += %w( ie6.css ie6_portion2.css ie7.css ie7_portion2.css ie8.css ie8_portion2.css ie9.css ie9_portion2.css)
#...
@emilbjorklund
emilbjorklund / breakpoints_via_css.html
Created April 24, 2012 16:03
Width detection via sneaky CSS rules
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if IE 8]> <html lang="sv-SE" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html lang="sv-SE" class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Breakpoint detection test</title>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
@media screen and (min-width: 320px) {
#page:after {
content: 'smallest'; /* represent the current width-bracket */
@apeckham
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
vim /etc/statsd/config.js
add console backend:
"backends": [
"./backends/graphite",
"./backends/console",
"statsd-librato-backend"
],
restart statsd
@mikhailov
mikhailov / 0. nginx_setup.sh
Last active January 21, 2025 08:21
NGINX+SPDY with Unicorn. True Zero-Downtime unless migrations. Best practices.
# Nginx+Unicorn best-practices congifuration guide. Heartbleed fixed.
# We use latest stable nginx with fresh **openssl**, **zlib** and **pcre** dependencies.
# Some extra handy modules to use: --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_gzip_static_module
#
# Deployment structure
#
# SERVER:
# /etc/init.d/nginx (1. nginx)
# /home/app/public_html/app_production/current (Capistrano directory)
#
@xdite
xdite / gist:3072362
Created July 8, 2012 19:10
deploy/asset.rb
# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
set :assets_dependencies, %w(app/assets lib/assets vendor/assets Gemfile.lock config/routes.rb)
namespace :deploy do
namespace :assets do
desc <<-DESC
Run the asset precompilation rake task. You can specify the full path \
to the rake executable by setting the rake variable. You can also \
@ingeniarius
ingeniarius / 0. nginx_setup.sh
Created July 10, 2012 14:11 — forked from mikhailov/0. nginx_setup.sh
Nginx+Unicorn (production-ready setup)
# download and build nginx from sources
https://gist.github.com/3083579