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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

Chances are your head's spinning right now. That accusation of bias caught you off guard, you got kind of defensive, and now all hell has broken loose. You're feeling attacked on all sides. You're a good person at heart, and having all these people treat you like the antichrist is pretty upsetting.

You need to say something, but you're probably not in the best headspace to write copy right now. So to help you along, here's my 100% guaranteed-or-you-money-back scandal defusement apology template:

	connection = Faraday::Connection.new('http://example.com') do \|builder\|
	builder.request :url_encoded # for POST/PUT params
	builder.adapter :net_http
	end

	# same as above, short form:
	connection = Faraday.new 'http://example.com'

	# GET
	connection.get '/posts'

	#!/usr/bin/env ruby

	# To use this:
	# * Set up the jshint Gem with your Rails app: https://github.com/liquid/jshint_on_rails
	# * Copy this file to [YOURPROJECT]/.git/hooks/pre-commit
	# * chmod 0755 .git/hooks/pre-commit

	files_changed = `git diff --name-only HEAD`
	if files_changed.any? { \|line\| line =~ %r\|public/javascripts\| }
	puts "Running jshint to check changes to javascript ..."

	image = Magick::Image.read(image_path).first
	gc = Magick::Draw.new
	gc.stroke('transparent')
	gc.fill('#202123')
	gc.pointsize('11')
	gc.font_family = "helvetica"
	gc.font_weight = Magick::BoldWeight
	gc.font_style = Magick::NormalStyle
	gc.text(x = 83, y = 14, text = user.endorsements.size.to_s)
	gc.draw(image)

	expires_in 1.minute, :public => true if Rails.env.production?
	if stale?(:etag => @user.endorsements.size, :last_modified => @user.updated_at.utc)
	#...image generation
	end

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