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@coffeemug
coffeemug / gist:6168031
Last active October 15, 2024 01:08
The fun of implementing date support
After spending the better part of the month implementing date support
in RethinkDB, Mike Lucy sent the team the following e-mail. It would
have been funny, if it didn't cause thousands of programmers so much
pain. Read it, laugh, and weep!
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So, it turns out that we're only going to support dates between the
year 1400 and the year 10000 (inclusive), because that's what boost
supports.
@calebd
calebd / ArrayHelpers.swift
Last active January 2, 2026 16:22
Swift Helpers
extension Array {
func first() -> Element? {
if isEmpty {
return nil
}
return self[0]
}
func last() -> Element? {
@jspahrsummers
jspahrsummers / GHRunLoopWatchdog.h
Created January 28, 2015 20:50
A class for logging excessive blocking on the main thread
/// Observes a run loop to detect any stalling or blocking that occurs.
///
/// This class is thread-safe.
@interface GHRunLoopWatchdog : NSObject
/// Initializes the receiver to watch the specified run loop, using a default
/// stalling threshold.
- (id)initWithRunLoop:(CFRunLoopRef)runLoop;
/// Initializes the receiver to detect when the specified run loop blocks for