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6: Ruby
7: Emacs Lisp
8: Python
9: Perl
10: C Sharp

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- simple
- public over private
- personal vanity
- internet is global
- permalinks
- one important item per page
- don't break the browser
- don't wanker in technology
- a medium is not a grande
- break convention for your users

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module CouchRest
  class Logger 
        
    def initialize(app, db=nil)
      @app = app
      @db = db
    end
 
    def call(env)
      log['started_at'] = Time.now

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# inject our logger into CouchRest HTTP abstraction layer
module HttpAbstraction
 
  def self.get(uri, headers=nil)
    start_query = Time.now
    log = {:method => :get, :uri => uri, :headers => headers}
    response = super(uri, headers=nil)
    end_query = Time.now
    log[:duration] = (end_query - start_query)
    CouchRest::Logger.record(log)

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;; Helpful macro function
(defun my-macro-query (arg)
  "Prompt for input using minibuffer during kbd macro execution.
    With prefix argument, allows you to select what prompt string to use.
    If the input is non-empty, it is inserted at point."
  (interactive "P")
  (let* ((query (lambda () (kbd-macro-query t)))
	 (prompt (if arg (read-from-minibuffer "PROMPT: ") "Input: "))
	 (input (unwind-protect
		    (progn

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module Stop
  module CantTouchThis
    def self.included(mod)

      %w[instance_variable_get instance_variable_set].each do |m|
        send(:protected, m)
      end

      eigenclass = class << mod; self; end
      %w[const_set class_variable_get class_variable_set public_class_method attr attr_reader attr_writer].each do |m|

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/* 
 * Fabrizio Calderan, twitter @fcalderan, 2010.11.02
 * I had an idea: could Inception movie be explained by a few javascript closures 
 * and variable resolution scope (just for fun)?
 * 
 * Activate javascript console =)
 */

<script>
console.group("inception movie");

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# source 'http://rubygems.org'
source :gemcutter

gem 'rails', '3.1.0.beta1'

# Asset template engines
gem 'json'
gem 'sass'
gem 'coffee-script'
gem 'uglifier'

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Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

This gist is part of a blog post. Check it out at:

http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer

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require "rubygems"
require "rbench"
require "set"

RANGE = (1..1000)
ARRAY = RANGE.to_a
SET   = Set.new(ARRAY)
HASH  = ARRAY.inject({}) {|m, x| m[x] = true; m}

WORST_CASE_COMPLEXITY = ARRAY.size + 1