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@wrburgess
wrburgess / gist:3778949
Created September 24, 2012 22:54
Setup wicked_pdf and wkhtmltopdf with Rails 3 and Heroku
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active July 25, 2025 09:04
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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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
@pifleo
pifleo / README
Created April 5, 2012 10:53
Rails - models organization - Keep code structure in models consistent
# Keep code struture in models consistent
# Inspired by http://rails-bestpractices.com/posts/75-keep-code-struture-in-models-consistent
# One example: (From top to bottom)
associations
scopes
class methods
validates
callbacks
instance methods