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a simple git branching model (written in 2013)

This is a very simple git workflow. It (and variants) is in use by many people. I settled on it after using it very effectively at Athena. GitHub does something similar; Zach Holman mentioned it in this talk.

Update: Woah, thanks for all the attention. Didn't expect this simple rant to get popular.

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Never Expose DB Results Directly

If you rename a field, then your users are fucked. Convert with a hardcoded array structure.
Most DB drivers [for PHP] will show integers as numeric strings and false as "0", so you want to typecast them.
Unless you're using an ORM with "hidden" functionality, people will see passwords, salts and all sorts of fancy codes. If you add one and forget to put it in your $hidden array then OOPS!

Use the URI sparingly, and correctly

Use the query string for paired params instead of /users/id/5/active/true. Your API does not need to be SEO optimised.
?format=xml is stupid, use an Accept: application/xml header. I added this to the CodeIgniter Rest Server once for lazy people, and now people think it's a thing. It's not.

Let's say you have an iOS project, and you want to use some external library, like AFNetworking. How do you integrate it?

With submodules

Add the project to your repo:

git submodule add [email protected]:AFNetworking/AFNetworking.git Vendor/AFNetworking

or something to that effect.

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

tmux shortcuts & cheatsheet

start new:

tmux

start new with session name:

tmux new -s myname

	#!/usr/bin/env sh

	# Download lists, unpack and filter, write to stdout
	curl -s https://www.iblocklist.com/lists.php \
	\| sed -n "s/.value='\(http:.=bt_.\)'./\1/p" \
	\| xargs wget -O - \
	\| gunzip \
	\| egrep -v '^#'

	RAILS_ENV=production rake db:setup
	# produces the error below.....hmmm.....it's a no-worky
	psql:/yourprojectpath/yourproject/db/structure.sql:29: ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/share/postgresql/9.1/extension/hstore.control": No such file or directory

	# hstore postgresql extension needs to be installed, so....
	sudo apt-get install postgresql-contrib

	# now your extension should be available to enable so log in with psql
	psql -d yourproject_production -U yourdbuser -W

	brew install openvpn
	==> Installing openvpn dependency: lzo
	==> Downloading http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/lzo-2.06.tar.gz
	######################################################################## 100.0%
	==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/lzo/2.06 --enable-shared
	==> make
	==> make check
	==> make install
	/usr/local/Cellar/lzo/2.06: 27 files, 544K, built in 42 seconds
	==> Installing openvpn

	# to generate your dhparam.pem file, run in the terminal
	openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048