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isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active October 27, 2025 08:27
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
@cowboy
cowboy / multi-firefox-fixer.sh
Created March 14, 2011 02:17
Multi-Firefox Fixer: Run multiple versions of Firefox simultaneously! (note: doesn't work on Windows)
#!/bin/bash
if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ]; then cat <<EOF
Multi-Firefox Fixer - v0.2 - 4/26/2011
http://benalman.com/
Usage: `basename "$0"`
Run this shell script from beside (in the same parent directory as) one or more
Firefox*.app or Aurora*.app applications and it will "fix" those Firefoxes to
@rwaldron
rwaldron / iife.js
Created April 28, 2011 14:18
Running collection of IIFE Patterns
(function( window, document, undefined ){
})( this, this.document );
(function( global, undefined ){
})( this );
// miketaylr
@ziadoz
ziadoz / awesome-php.md
Last active May 8, 2025 07:37
Awesome PHP — A curated list of amazingly awesome PHP libraries, resources and shiny things.
@skeeet
skeeet / xcode_ramdisk.sh
Created April 12, 2012 13:35 — forked from MaximKeegan/xcode_ramdisk.sh
Create a RAM disk for using with XCode
#!/bin/sh
# Create a RAM disk with same perms as mountpoint
# Script based on http://itux.idev.pro/2012/04/iservice-speed-up-your-xcode-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B5-%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B/ with some additions
# Usage: sudo ./xcode_ramdisk.sh start
USERNAME=$(logname)
TMP_DIR="/private/tmp"
RUN_DIR="/var/run"
SYS_CACHES_DIR="/Library/Caches"
@desandro
desandro / require-js-discussion.md
Created January 31, 2013 20:26
Can you help me understand the benefit of require.js?

I'm having trouble understanding the benefit of require.js. Can you help me out? I imagine other developers have a similar interest.

From Require.js - Why AMD:

The AMD format comes from wanting a module format that was better than today's "write a bunch of script tags with implicit dependencies that you have to manually order"

I don't quite understand why this methodology is so bad. The difficult part is that you have to manually order dependencies. But the benefit is that you don't have an additional layer of abstraction.


Copied from http://code.lancepollard.com/complete-list-of-html-meta-tags/

Basic HTML Meta Tags

<meta charset='UTF-8'>
<meta name='keywords' content='your, tags'>
<meta name='description' content='150 words'>
<meta name='subject' content='your website's subject'>
<meta name='copyright' content='company name'>
# Hello, and welcome to makefile basics.
#
# You will learn why `make` is so great, and why, despite its "weird" syntax,
# it is actually a highly expressive, efficient, and powerful way to build
# programs.
#
# Once you're done here, go to
# http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/make.html
# to learn SOOOO much more.
@davidhund
davidhund / pragmatic-touch-icons.md
Last active February 10, 2025 17:40
Pragmatic Touch Icons

NOTE I'm trying to find the most optimal fav/touch icon setup for my use-cases. Nothing new here. Read Mathias Bynens' articles on re-shortcut-icon and touch icons, a FAQ or a Cheat Sheet for all the details.

I'd like to hear how you approach this: @valuedstandards or comment on this gist.

The issue

You have to include a boatload of link elements pointing to many different images to provide (mobile) devices with a 'favicon' or 'touch icon':

![Touch Icon Links](https://o.twimg.com/2/proxy.jpg?t=HBj6AWh0dHBzOi8vcGhvdG9zLTYuZHJvcGJveC5jb20vdC8yL0FBRGFGY1VRN1dfSExnT3cwR1VhUmtaUWRFcWhxSDVGRjNMdXFfbHRJWG1GNFEvMTIvMjI3OTE2L3BuZy8xMDI0eDc2OC8yL18vMC80L1NjcmVlbnNob3QlMjAyMDE1LTA0LTE0JTIwMTYuNTYuMjYucG5nL0NNejBEU0FCSUFJZ0F5Z0JLQUkvNGR1eDZnMzZmYnlzYWI3

@vkostyukov
vkostyukov / statuses.md
Last active May 15, 2025 19:29
HTTP status codes used by world-famous APIs
API Status Codes
[Twitter][tw] 200, 304, 400, 401, 403, 404, 406, 410, 420, 422, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504
[Stripe][stripe] 200, 400, 401, 402, 404, 429, 500, 502, 503, 504
[Github][gh] 200, 400, 422, 301, 302, 304, 307, 401, 403
[Pagerduty][pd] 200, 201, 204, 400, 401, 403, 404, 408, 500
[NewRelic Plugins][nr] 200, 400, 403, 404, 405, 413, 500, 502, 503, 503
[Etsy][etsy] 200, 201, 400, 403, 404, 500, 503
[Dropbox][db] 200, 400, 401, 403, 404, 405, 429, 503, 507