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@nelstrom
nelstrom / vim-plugin-directories
Created June 30, 2011 11:32
An overview of what belongs in each directory of a Vim plugin.
plugin
naming convention: name_of_plugin.vim
these files are sourced for all file types
doc
naming convention: name_of_plugin.txt
these files document the functionality of a plugin
color
naming convention: name_of_colorscheme.vim
@chrisroos
chrisroos / gpg-import-and-export-instructions.md
Created September 9, 2011 10:49
Instructions for exporting/importing (backup/restore) GPG keys

Every so often I have to restore my gpg keys and I'm never sure how best to do it. So, I've spent some time playing around with the various ways to export/import (backup/restore) keys.

Method 1

Backup the public and secret keyrings and trust database

cp ~/.gnupg/pubring.gpg /path/to/backups/
cp ~/.gnupg/secring.gpg /path/to/backups/
cp ~/.gnupg/trustdb.gpg /path/to/backups/

or, instead of backing up trustdb...

@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
#
@andreyvit
andreyvit / tmux.md
Created June 13, 2012 03:41
tmux cheatsheet

tmux cheat sheet

(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)

Prefix key

The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf:

remap prefix to Control + a

@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active April 2, 2025 17:16
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname
@Mins
Mins / mysql_secure.sh
Last active January 13, 2025 13:40
Automating mysql_secure_installation
#!/bin/bash
aptitude -y install expect
// Not required in actual script
MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=abcd1234
SECURE_MYSQL=$(expect -c "
set timeout 10
@jed
jed / how-to-set-up-stress-free-ssl-on-os-x.md
Last active February 27, 2025 16:31
How to set up stress-free SSL on an OS X development machine

How to set up stress-free SSL on an OS X development machine

One of the best ways to reduce complexity (read: stress) in web development is to minimize the differences between your development and production environments. After being frustrated by attempts to unify the approach to SSL on my local machine and in production, I searched for a workflow that would make the protocol invisible to me between all environments.

Most workflows make the following compromises:

  • Use HTTPS in production but HTTP locally. This is annoying because it makes the environments inconsistent, and the protocol choices leak up into the stack. For example, your web application needs to understand the underlying protocol when using the secure flag for cookies. If you don't get this right, your HTTP development server won't be able to read the cookies it writes, or worse, your HTTPS production server could pass sensitive cookies over an insecure connection.

  • Use production SSL certificates locally. This is annoying

@joeyAghion
joeyAghion / mongodb_collection_sizes.js
Last active February 25, 2025 16:33
List mongodb collections in descending order of size. Helpful for finding largest collections. First number is "size," second is "storageSize."
var collectionNames = db.getCollectionNames(), stats = [];
collectionNames.forEach(function (n) { stats.push(db[n].stats()); });
stats = stats.sort(function(a, b) { return b['size'] - a['size']; });
for (var c in stats) { print(stats[c]['ns'] + ": " + stats[c]['size'] + " (" + stats[c]['storageSize'] + ")"); }
@natritmeyer
natritmeyer / mount_smbfs.sh
Created September 19, 2013 09:40
How to mount and unmount a SMB share on Mac OS X (using mount_smbfs)
#Mounting the share is a 2 stage process:
# 1. Create a directory that will be the mount point
# 2. Mount the share to that directory
#Create the mount point:
mkdir share_name
#Mount the share:
mount_smbfs //username:[email protected]/share_name share_name/
@adamstac
adamstac / gist:7462202
Last active March 27, 2025 11:27
Install and configure Sendmail on Ubuntu

Install and configure Sendmail on Ubuntu

This should help you get Sendmail installed with basic configuration on Ubuntu.

  1. If sendmail isn't installed, install it: sudo apt-get install sendmail
  2. Configure /etc/hosts file: nano /etc/hosts
  3. Make sure the line looks like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost yourhostname
  4. Run Sendmail's config and answer 'Y' to everything: sudo sendmailconfig
  5. Restart apache sudo service apache2 restart