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@isaacs
isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active October 27, 2025 08:27
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
@JeromeParadis
JeromeParadis / redis_delete_keys_pattern.sh
Created September 25, 2011 06:22
Redis: How delete keys matching a pattern?
redis-cli KEYS "prefix:*" | xargs redis-cli DEL
@naiquevin
naiquevin / mysql.py
Created February 5, 2012 15:10
Examples of Mysql programming in Python
#!/usr/bin/env python
## Mysql-Python basic examples.
## All code is taken from [here](http://zetcode.com/databases/mysqlpythontutorial/)
## Gist created only for quick reference purpose
import sys
import _mysql
import MySQLdb as mdb
@jacobsandlund
jacobsandlund / split_opts.sh
Created March 27, 2012 23:17
Split combined short shell options
#!/bin/sh
# This shows how to handle combined short options along with
# other long and short options. It does so by splitting them
# apart (e.g. 'tar -xvzf ...' -> 'tar -x -v -z -f ...')
while test $# -gt 0
do
case $1 in
@jlong
jlong / uri.js
Created April 20, 2012 13:29
URI Parsing with Javascript
var parser = document.createElement('a');
parser.href = "http://example.com:3000/pathname/?search=test#hash";
parser.protocol; // => "http:"
parser.hostname; // => "example.com"
parser.port; // => "3000"
parser.pathname; // => "/pathname/"
parser.search; // => "?search=test"
parser.hash; // => "#hash"
parser.host; // => "example.com:3000"
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active November 18, 2025 17:10
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
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
@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active November 11, 2025 10:27
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@piscisaureus
piscisaureus / pr.md
Created August 13, 2012 16:12
Checkout github pull requests locally

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:

@cosimo
cosimo / parse-options.sh
Created September 21, 2012 09:31
Example of how to parse options with bash/getopt
#!/bin/bash
#
# Example of how to parse short/long options with 'getopt'
#
OPTS=`getopt -o vhns: --long verbose,dry-run,help,stack-size: -n 'parse-options' -- "$@"`
if [ $? != 0 ] ; then echo "Failed parsing options." >&2 ; exit 1 ; fi
echo "$OPTS"
@ndarville
ndarville / business-models.md
Last active October 9, 2025 17:55
Business models based on the compiled list at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647. I find the link very hard to browse, so I made a simple version in Markdown instead.

Business Models

Advertising

Models Examples
Display ads Yahoo!
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