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@seanbuscay
seanbuscay / git_create_orphan.sh
Created June 27, 2013 15:26
Create an orphan branch in a repo.
cd repository
git checkout --orphan orphan_name
git rm -rf .
rm '.gitignore'
echo "#Title of Readme" > README.md
git add README.md
git commit -a -m "Initial Commit"
git push origin orphan_name
@dankrause
dankrause / ssdp.py
Last active December 27, 2025 23:25
Tiny python SSDP discovery library with no external dependencies
# Copyright 2014 Dan Krause
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@aras-p
aras-p / preprocessor_fun.h
Last active March 20, 2026 15:26
Things to commit just before leaving your job
// Just before switching jobs:
// Add one of these.
// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
//
// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
//
// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,
@taddev
taddev / gihtubpage.conf
Last active March 5, 2025 18:17
NGINX Reverse proxy settings to Github pages
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 ipv6only=on default_server;
server_name splunk.net blog.splunk.net www.splunk.net .taddevries.com;
access_log /var/log/nginx/blog.access_log main;
error_log /var/log/nginx/blog.error_log info;
return 301 https://blog.splunk.net;
}
server {
@wbroek
wbroek / genymotionwithplay.txt
Last active December 16, 2025 11:18
Genymotion with Google Play Services for ARM
NOTE: Easier way is the X86 way, described on https://www.genymotion.com/help/desktop/faq/#google-play-services
Download the following ZIPs:
ARM Translation Installer v1.1 (http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/0ZIO8PME/Genymotion-ARM-Translation_v1.1.zip_links)
Download the correct GApps for your Android version:
Google Apps for Android 6.0 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347835438 - benzo-gapps-M-20151011-signed-chroma-r3.zip)
Google Apps for Android 5.1 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=96042739161891406 - gapps-L-4-21-15.zip)
Google Apps for Android 5.0 (https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001614559 - gapps-lp-20141109-signed.zip)
@thomasfr
thomasfr / iptables.sh
Last active November 17, 2025 22:18
iptable rules to allow outgoing DNS lookups, outgoing icmp (ping) requests, outgoing connections to configured package servers, outgoing connections to all ips on port 22, all incoming connections to port 22, 80 and 443 and everything on localhost
#!/bin/bash
IPT="/sbin/iptables"
# Server IP
SERVER_IP="$(ip addr show eth0 | grep 'inet ' | cut -f2 | awk '{ print $2}')"
# Your DNS servers you use: cat /etc/resolv.conf
DNS_SERVER="8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8"
# Allow connections to this package servers
@keis
keis / coro.py
Created April 14, 2014 08:27
asyncio examples
import asyncio
@asyncio.coroutine
def waiting(r):
print("hello from waiting -", r)
yield from asyncio.sleep(2)
print("bye from waiting -", r)
return r
@gabstv
gabstv / cvwebv.sh
Last active January 12, 2019 05:57
Convert videos to HTML5 friendly video formats (mp4, ogg and webm).
#!/bin/bash
# For this to work, you need to have ffmpeg
# installed with libvorbis, theora and libvpx ENABLED
# to do that in Homebrew:
# brew reinstall ffmpeg --with-libvpx --with-libvorbis --with-theora
#
# encoding reference:
# https://blog.mediacru.sh/2013/12/23/The-right-way-to-encode-HTML5-video.html
@rlynjb
rlynjb / ga.go
Last active August 14, 2018 02:08
code sample for Google API oauth using GoLang
// Hello, hope you find this code useful
package main
import (
// this is a deprecated oauth lib from godoc.org
// i was going to use the new one (https://godoc.org/golang.org/x/oauth2/google)
// but due to a bug i've found and filed at github
// i decided to revert to the old one instead until the new one is stable
"code.google.com/p/goauth2/oauth/jwt"
"encoding/json"