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senko / onchange.sh
Last active April 1, 2025 17:30
OnChange - Watch current directory and execute a command if anything in it changes
#!/bin/bash
#
# Watch current directory (recursively) for file changes, and execute
# a command when a file or directory is created, modified or deleted.
#
# Written by: Senko Rasic <[email protected]>
#
# Requires Linux, bash and inotifywait (from inotify-tools package).
#
# To avoid executing the command multiple times when a sequence of
@lucasallan
lucasallan / install_postgis_osx.sh
Created September 6, 2011 21:03 — forked from klebervirgilio/install_postgis_osx.sh
Installing PostGIS on Mac OS X and Ubuntu
# Some good references are:
# http://russbrooks.com/2010/11/25/install-postgresql-9-on-os-x
# http://www.paolocorti.net/2008/01/30/installing-postgis-on-ubuntu/
# http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-1.5/ch02.html#id2630392
#1. Install PostgreSQL postgis and postgres
brew install postgis
initdb /usr/local/var/postgres
pg_ctl -D /usr/local/var/postgres -l /usr/local/var/postgres/server.log start
@jesperfj
jesperfj / spark.md
Created September 16, 2011 18:19
Spark on Heroku

This guide will get you started using Spark on Heroku/Cedar. Spark is basically a clone of Sinatra for Java. 'Nuff said.

Create your app

Create a single Java main class in src/main/java/HelloWorld.java:

:::java
import static spark.Spark.*;
import spark.*;
@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real

@tomkersten
tomkersten / somehost.conf
Created October 28, 2011 20:36
Nginx config with CORS headers added globally (for application w/ Basic Auth)
upstream your-app {
# fail_timeout=0 means we always retry an upstream even if it failed
# to return a good HTTP response (in case the Unicorn master nukes a
# single worker for timing out).
server unix:/tmp/your_app.socket fail_timeout=0;
}
server {
listen 80;
@rstacruz
rstacruz / index.md
Last active November 3, 2023 09:56
Rails models cheatsheet

Rails Models

Generating models

$ rails g model User

Associations

belongs_to

has_one

@kazjote
kazjote / populate.rb
Created January 8, 2012 18:31
FnordMetric data generator
# Copy it to fnordmetric directory and run with
#
# bundle exec ruby -Ilib -I. populate.rb live
#
# to generate fake current traffic or
#
# bundle exec ruby -Ilib -I. populate.rb past
#
# to generate fake stats for last month.
#
@deadprogram
deadprogram / hello.js
Created January 9, 2012 03:14
Node.js Sample Application for AT&T Alpha API Foundry
var express = require('express');
var OAuth = require('oauth').OAuth2;
var app = express.createServer();
var _foundryConsumerKey = "YOURFOUNDRYKEY";
var _foundryConsumerSecret = "YOURFOUNDRYSECRET";
var _redirectUri = "http://hello-att-foundry-node.heroku.com/auth/callback";
var consumer = new OAuth(_foundryConsumerKey,
@deadprogram
deadprogram / Gemfile
Created January 9, 2012 03:24
Ruby Sample Application for AT&T Alpha API Foundry
source :rubygems
gem 'rack', "~> 1.3.6"
gem 'sinatra'
gem 'json'
gem 'oauth2'
@chrismytton
chrismytton / 01_basic.js
Created January 14, 2012 14:51
Bookmarklet templates for #rusichackday
/**
* Basic bookmarklet template.
*
* Change the `iframeSrc` variable to point to your space's new idea
* page. You can adjust the iframe styles and position using the
* `iframeStyle` variable.
*
* For turning this script into a bookmarklet, you should probably take
* a look at https://gist.github.com/1856012.
*/