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@henrik242
henrik242 / p4merge
Last active January 5, 2023 22:23
Helper script for p4merge and Git on MacOSX
#!/bin/bash
for arg; do [[ $arg = /* ]] || arg=$PWD/$arg; absargs+=("$arg"); done;
/Applications/P4Merge.app/Contents/Resources/launchp4merge "${absargs[@]}"
@cloudhead
cloudhead / gist:1522576
Created December 27, 2011 02:41
Why I Don't Write Web Apps

Why I Don't Write Web Apps (if I can help it)

This is what happens when I try to pick a language.

Note: If I didn't think it was possible to create a development environment without any of these issues (which I consider "major" for the most part), I would not have written this list.

C/C++

  • NOTHNX.

Node.js

@paulnicholson
paulnicholson / powssl
Last active June 6, 2025 19:19
ssl with pow using stud

Instructions

  • Install stud $ brew install https://raw.github.com/paulnicholson/homebrew/master/Library/Formula/stud.rb
  • Download and install the powssl script $ curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/paulnicholson/2050941/raw/7e4d2178e3733bed18fdfe737277c3cb72241d39/powssl > ~/bin/powssl $ chmod +x ~/bin/powssl
  • Run powssl to create development certificate and configure stud.
  • $ powssl
@erikh
erikh / hack.sh
Created March 31, 2012 07:02 — forked from DAddYE/hack.sh
OSX For Hackers
#!/usr/bin/env sh
##
# This is script with usefull tips taken from:
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.osx
#
# install it:
# curl -sL https://raw.github.com/gist/2108403/hack.sh | sh
#
DEFAULT_RECEIVER = 'self'
DEFAULT_DEFINEE = '(x = (rand * 100000000).to_i ; eval "def _#{x};end" ; y = method(:"_#{x}").owner rescue instance_method(:"_#{x}").owner ; eval "undef _#{x}" ; y)'
CONTEXTS = "puts [#{DEFAULT_RECEIVER}, #{DEFAULT_DEFINEE}].inspect"
# TODO: Figure out some way to capture the Constant definition context (cref)
eval CONTEXTS # [main, Object]
class Foo ; eval CONTEXTS # [Foo, Foo]
def bar ; eval CONTEXTS # [#<Foo:0x007ff37188a790>, Foo]
yield
@nictuku
nictuku / sshd.go
Created April 8, 2012 15:43
Go SSH server complete example
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"io/ioutil"
"log"
"code.google.com/p/go.crypto/ssh"
"code.google.com/p/go.crypto/ssh/terminal"
@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"
@wojtekmach
wojtekmach / account_test.rb
Created May 3, 2012 09:45
Writing MiniTest extensions
require 'minitest/autorun'
module MiniTest::Assertions
def assert_changes(obj, method, exp_diff)
before = obj.send method
yield
after = obj.send method
diff = after - before
assert_equal exp_diff, diff, "Expected #{obj.class.name}##{method} to change by #{exp_diff}, changed by #{diff}"
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active June 28, 2025 18:48
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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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