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@bcackerman
bcackerman / gist:6298673
Created August 21, 2013 18:58
Loop through large amounts of data in Rails without creating a huge object from ActiveRecord
ActiveRecord::Base.uncached do
# loop here
end
@drogus
drogus / Rakefile.rb
Created July 26, 2013 10:49
This is the example contents of the Rakefile, which you would use to run active record tasks without using Rails. It assumes using the same directories as rails uses: `db/migrate`, `config/database.yml`.
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'active_record'
include ActiveRecord::Tasks
db_dir = File.expand_path('../db', __FILE__)
config_dir = File.expand_path('../config', __FILE__)
DatabaseTasks.env = ENV['ENV'] || 'development'
@pmeenan
pmeenan / user-timing-rum.js
Last active January 18, 2024 23:46
Support routine for adding W3C user timing events to a site. Includes some basic polyfill support for browsers that don't support user timing or navigation timing (though the start time for non-navigation timing support could be improved with IE < 9 to use IE's custom start event).
// Support routines for automatically reporting user timing for common analytics platforms
// Currently supports Google Analytics, Boomerang and SOASTA mPulse
// In the case of boomerang, you will need to map the event names you want reported
// to timer names (for mPulse these need to be custom0, custom1, etc) using a global variable:
// rumMapping = {'aft': 'custom0'};
(function() {
var wtt = function(n, t, b) {
t = Math.round(t);
if (t >= 0 && t < 3600000) {
// Google Analytics
@nicolashery
nicolashery / solarized-dark.css
Last active March 25, 2022 08:38 — forked from scotu/solarized.css
Solarized theme stylesheets for Jekyll and Pygments
/* Solarized Dark
For use with Jekyll and Pygments
http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized
SOLARIZED HEX ROLE
--------- -------- ------------------------------------------
base03 #002b36 background
base01 #586e75 comments / secondary content
@adamwiggins
adamwiggins / adams-heroku-values.md
Last active November 27, 2024 17:06
My Heroku values

Make it real

Ideas are cheap. Make a prototype, sketch a CLI session, draw a wireframe. Discuss around concrete examples, not hand-waving abstractions. Don't say you did something, provide a URL that proves it.

Ship it

Nothing is real until it's being used by a real user. This doesn't mean you make a prototype in the morning and blog about it in the evening. It means you find one person you believe your product will help and try to get them to use it.

Do it with style

@ryansobol
ryansobol / gist:5252653
Last active February 23, 2025 06:28
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

@shimondoodkin
shimondoodkin / tinyxhr.js
Last active September 19, 2023 18:10
tiny xhr snippet to do XMLHttpRequest
// tinyxhr by Shimon Doodkin - licanse: public doamin - https://gist.github.com/4706967
//
// tinyxhr("http://site.com/ajaxaction",function (err,data,xhr){ if (err) console.log("goterr ",err,'status='+xhr.status); console.log(data) });
// tinyxhr("http://site.com/ajaxaction",function (err,data,xhr){ if (err) console.log("goterr ",err,'status='+xhr.status); console.log(data) },'POST','value1=1&value2=2');
// tinyxhr("http://site.com/ajaxaction.json",function (err,data,xhr){ if (err) console.log("goterr ",err,'status='+xhr.status); console.log(data); console.log(JSON.parse(data)) },'POST',JSON.stringify({value:1}),'application/javascript');
// cb - a callback function like: function (err,data,XMLHttpRequestObject){ if (err) throw err; }
//
function tinyxhr(url,cb,method,post,contenttype)
{
@louisbullock
louisbullock / dabblet.css
Created July 16, 2012 04:31
Wooden Wall [CSS]
/* Wooden Wall [CSS] */
/* Made with ♥ by Louis Bullock */
html,body {
height: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
}
html {
display:block;
@sway
sway / commits-by-hour
Created July 11, 2012 20:25 — forked from bobuss/commits-by-hour
Git commits funstats
#!/usr/bin/env bash
for i in $(seq -f %02g 0 23); do echo $( echo -e "$i\t"; git shortlog -n --format='%ad %s' | grep " $i:" | wc -l); done
@MohamedAlaa
MohamedAlaa / tmux-cheatsheet.markdown
Last active April 24, 2025 05:05
tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname