lukechilds

get_latest_release() {
  curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | # Get latest release from GitHub api
    grep '"tag_name":' |                                            # Get tag line
    sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'                                    # Pluck JSON value
}

# Usage
# $ get_latest_release "creationix/nvm"
# v0.31.4

lokhman

WARNING

May contain out of date information. Check the comments below!

The list of actions listed below was taken mostly from Book Of Zeus with minor modifications and did the job well for Ubuntu version, which was available at that moment (May 2016). This gist was created for internal use and was never meant to be discovered by the web, although Google managed to find and index this page, which was a great surprise for me. Please check the original source for the updated information (links are provided in most of the sections), and read the comments below: they provide more details about the usage experience.

System Updates

http://bookofzeus.com/harden-ubuntu/initial-setup/system-updates/

Keeping the system updated is vital before starting anything on your system. This will prevent people to use known vulnerabilities to enter in your system.

subfuzion

Common Options

-#, --progress-bar Make curl display a simple progress bar instead of the more informational standard meter.

-b, --cookie <name=data> Supply cookie with request. If no =, then specifies the cookie file to use (see -c).

-c, --cookie-jar <file name> File to save response cookies to.

deardooley

<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerAdmin [email protected]
        DocumentRoot /var/www
        ServerName docker.example.com
        ErrorLog logs/docker.example.com_error.log
        CustomLog logs/docker.example.com_access.log combined
        ProxyPreserveHost On
        ProxyRequests off

        <Location />

chrismdp

# You don't need Fog in Ruby or some other library to upload to S3 -- shell works perfectly fine
# This is how I upload my new Sol Trader builds (http://soltrader.net)
# Based on a modified script from here: http://tmont.com/blargh/2014/1/uploading-to-s3-in-bash

S3KEY="my aws key"
S3SECRET="my aws secret" # pass these in

function putS3
{
  path=$1

bsweger

Useful Pandas Snippets

A personal diary of DataFrame munging over the years.

Data Types and Conversion

Convert Series datatype to numeric (will error if column has non-numeric values)
(h/t @makmanalp)

jonathanselander

DELETE FROM core_session WHERE session_expires < unix_timestamp()

alex

Guide to how fucked is SSL?

Thanks to Jacob Kaplan-Moss, Donald Stufft, David Reid, Allen Short, Zain Memon, and Chris Armstrong for review.

This is a guide for technical individuals to understand in what circumstances SSL communications are secure against an observer-in-the-middle (for all intents and purposes: the NSA).

pocesar

<?php
/**
 * @param string $domain Pass $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] here
 * @param bool $debug
 *
 * @debug bool $debug
 * @return string
 */
function get_domain($domain, $debug = false)
{

romainneutron

<?php

use Guzzle\Http\Client;

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

$tmpFile = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'guzzle-download');
$handle = fopen($tmpFile, 'w');
$client = new Client('', array(
    Client::CURL_OPTIONS => array(