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@haschek
haschek / _contrast.scss
Last active August 14, 2019 14:20
SCSS/SASS Accessibility Color Methods
/*
SCSS Color Methods for Accessibility
================================================================================
Adjust given colors to ensure that those color combination provide sufficient
contrast.
@version 0.1
@link http://eye48.com/go/scsscontrast
@turtlesoupy
turtlesoupy / nginx.conf
Created July 8, 2012 21:16
node.js upstream nginx config
http {
proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=one:8m max_size=3000m inactive=600m;
proxy_temp_path /var/tmp;
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
sendfile on;
keepalive_timeout 65;
gzip on;
gzip_comp_level 6;
@louischatriot
louischatriot / nodejs-app.conf
Created August 18, 2012 07:47
Upstart script to launch a nodejs application as a service
description "Upstart script to run a nodejs app as a service"
author "Louis Chatriot"
env NODE_BIN=/usr/local/bin/node
env APP_DIR=/path/to/app/dir
env SCRIPT_FILE="scriptfile.js" # Entry point for the nodejs app
env LOG_FILE=/path/to/logfile.log
env RUN_AS="anyuser" # Upstart can only be run nicely as root, need to drop privileges
env SERVER_ENV="anything" # Usual apps can be run in different environments (development, test, production ...)
# I typically use the environment variable NODE_ENV (see below)
@bradmontgomery
bradmontgomery / install-comodo-ssl-cert-for-nginx.rst
Last active March 20, 2025 17:17
Steps to install a Comodo PositiveSSL certificate with Nginx.

Setting up a SSL Cert from Comodo

I use Namecheap.com as a registrar, and they resale SSL Certs from a number of other companies, including Comodo.

These are the steps I went through to set up an SSL cert.

Purchase the cert

@jozsefDevs
jozsefDevs / validation_curry.js
Created October 22, 2013 20:17
A simple way to implement a validation by JavaScript currying
var above = function(limit){
return function(value){
return value > limit;
};
};
var isAbove10 = above(10);
console.log(isAbove10(5)); // false
console.log(isAbove10(8)); // false
@debasishg
debasishg / gist:8172796
Last active June 8, 2025 08:30
A collection of links for streaming algorithms and data structures

General Background and Overview

  1. Probabilistic Data Structures for Web Analytics and Data Mining : A great overview of the space of probabilistic data structures and how they are used in approximation algorithm implementation.
  2. Models and Issues in Data Stream Systems
  3. Philippe Flajolet’s contribution to streaming algorithms : A presentation by Jérémie Lumbroso that visits some of the hostorical perspectives and how it all began with Flajolet
  4. Approximate Frequency Counts over Data Streams by Gurmeet Singh Manku & Rajeev Motwani : One of the early papers on the subject.
  5. [Methods for Finding Frequent Items in Data Streams](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.187.9800&rep=rep1&t
@gruber
gruber / make_bookmarklet.pl
Last active May 5, 2024 21:11
JavaScript Bookmarklet Builder
#!/usr/bin/env perl
#
# http://daringfireball.net/2007/03/javascript_bookmarklet_builder
use strict;
use warnings;
use URI::Escape qw(uri_escape_utf8);
use open IO => ":utf8", # UTF8 by default
":std"; # Apply to STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR
@imjasonh
imjasonh / markdown.css
Last active January 3, 2025 20:15
Render Markdown as unrendered Markdown (see http://jsbin.com/huwosomawo)
* {
font-size: 12pt;
font-family: monospace;
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
text-decoration: none;
color: black;
cursor: default;
}
@paulirish
paulirish / bling.js
Last active May 26, 2025 20:31
bling dot js
/* bling.js */
window.$ = document.querySelector.bind(document);
window.$$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);
Node.prototype.on = window.on = function(name, fn) { this.addEventListener(name, fn); };
NodeList.prototype.__proto__ = Array.prototype;
NodeList.prototype.on = function(name, fn) { this.forEach((elem) => elem.on(name, fn)); };
@dsherret
dsherret / Using.ts
Last active October 26, 2023 13:30
Typescript Disposable (using statement)
// NOTE: This is now rolled up in a package and supports more scenarios: https://github.com/dsherret/using-statement
interface IDisposable {
dispose();
}
function using<T extends IDisposable>(resource: T, func: (resource: T) => void) {
try {
func(resource);
} finally {