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@mardix
mardix / php-cs-fixer-pre-commit.php
Created September 4, 2012 17:06
A pre-commit hook to make PHP code PSR-2 compliant, check for syntax error
#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
/**
* .git/hooks/pre-commit
*
* This pre-commit hooks will check for PHP error (lint), and make sure the code
* is PSR compliant.
*
* Dependecy: PHP-CS-Fixer (https://github.com/fabpot/PHP-CS-Fixer)
*
@roberto
roberto / _flash_messages.html.erb
Created August 13, 2012 22:47
Rails flash messages using Twitter Bootstrap
<% flash.each do |type, message| %>
<div class="alert <%= bootstrap_class_for(type) %> fade in">
<button class="close" data-dismiss="alert">×</button>
<%= message %>
</div>
<% end %>
@piscisaureus
piscisaureus / pr.md
Created August 13, 2012 16:12
Checkout github pull requests locally

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

@mjburgess
mjburgess / BreakingIntoWebDev.markdown
Created July 14, 2012 19:25
Breaking into Web Dev

Breaking into Web Development

I work as an analyst contractor, these days my roles are often a mixture of development and management. I have been asked by a countless number of people what they need to do to get the jobs I’m offered – and it’s simpler than most expect. The market for talented developers in the United Kingdom (and in many talent-lite communities around the world) is such that anyone who merely knows what they are doing has a very good chance of getting a job. Even a job contracting (which ordinarily has senior-level requirements).

To become a web developer with a good salary and employment expectations you need skills. Below I’ll provide a plan to get you towards the top of the largest market: PHP Web Development. Advanced knowledge of everything on this list would immediately make you one of the best, so just strive to have an exposure if not a comprehensive understanding (though the *starred points are essential). To learn these technologies you should use several in combination on on

@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active May 8, 2025 06:10
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD

High level style in javascript.

Opinions are like assholes, every one has got one.

This one is mine.

Punctuation: who cares?

Punctuation is a bikeshed. Put your semicolons, whitespace, and commas where you like them.

@jessedearing
jessedearing / gist:2351836
Created April 10, 2012 14:44 — forked from twoism-dev/gist:1183437
Create self-signed SSL certificate for Nginx
#!/bin/bash
echo "Generating an SSL private key to sign your certificate..."
openssl genrsa -des3 -out myssl.key 1024
echo "Generating a Certificate Signing Request..."
openssl req -new -key myssl.key -out myssl.csr
echo "Removing passphrase from key (for nginx)..."
cp myssl.key myssl.key.org
openssl rsa -in myssl.key.org -out myssl.key
@oodavid
oodavid / README.md
Created March 26, 2012 17:05
Backup MySQL to Amazon S3

Backup MySQL to Amazon S3

This is a simple way to backup your MySQL tables to Amazon S3 for a nightly backup - this is all to be done on your server :-)

Sister Document - Restore MySQL from Amazon S3 - read that next

1 - Install s3cmd

this is for Centos 5.6, see http://s3tools.org/repositories for other systems like ubuntu etc

@joshthewhite
joshthewhite / deploy.rb
Created March 19, 2012 15:49
Capistrano Deploy Script
default_run_options[:pty] = true # Must be set for the password prompt from git to work
set :application, "my-awesome-app"
set :repository, "[email protected]:username/projectname.git"
set :scm, "git"
ssh_options[:forward_agent] = true
set :branch, "master"
set :deploy_via, :remote_cache
@niepi
niepi / osx_php_homebrew.setup.md
Created February 28, 2012 13:23
OSX PHP Homebrew Setup

install php

with mysql pgsql intl support

$ brew install php --with-apache --with-mysql --with-pgsql --with-intl

set php timezone in php ini

date.timezone = Europe/Vienna