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// Make sure you added pm2 as a dependency in your package.json
// Then in your Procfile, do a simple `node bootstrap.js`

var pm2 = require('pm2');
 
var MACHINE_NAME = 'hk1';
var PRIVATE_KEY  = 'z1ormi9vomgq66';
var PUBLIC_KEY   = 'oa0m7nuhdfibi16';

var instances = process.env.WEB_CONCURRENCY || -1; // Set by Heroku or -1 to scale to max cpu core -1

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var db = mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27017/DB'); 

// In middleware
app.use(function (req, res, next) {

  // action after response
  var afterResponse = function() {
   logger.info({req: req}, "End request");

    // any other clean ups

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#!/usr/bin/env xcrun swift

import Foundation

public typealias CharactersArray = [Character]
public typealias CharactersHash = [CharactersGroup : CharactersArray]

public enum CharactersGroup {
    case Letters
    case Numbers

mitchellporter

My thoughts on writing tiny reusable modules that each do just one
thing. These notes were adapted from an email I recently sent.

***

If some component is reusable enough to be a module then the
maintenance gains are really worth the overhead of making a new
project with separate tests and docs. Splitting out a reusable
component might take 5 or 10 minutes to set up all the package
overhead but it's much easier to test and document a piece that is

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var contacts = 
[
  {
    "notes": [
      {
        "description": "Fugiat aute pariatur excepteur elit."
      }
    ],
    "tels": [
      {

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#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>
#import <ImageIO/ImageIO.h>
#import <MobileCoreServices/MobileCoreServices.h>

static UIImage *frameImage(CGSize size, CGFloat radians) {
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(size, YES, 1); {
        [[UIColor whiteColor] setFill];
        UIRectFill(CGRectInfinite);
        CGContextRef gc = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
        CGContextTranslateCTM(gc, size.width / 2, size.height / 2);

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//
//  CollectionViewDataSource.swift
//  Khan Academy
//
//  Created by Andy Matuschak on 10/14/14.
//  Copyright (c) 2014 Khan Academy. All rights reserved.
//

import UIKit

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Books:

** Disclaimer: I've only read the first two. The second one is a little dry and I feel like most people might not like it,
but I enjoyed it **

** Was told by someone I respect that if he only had to choose one book it would be book #1 **

1. Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201633612/

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    // This function implements anonymous creation logic.

    function loadOrCreateAnonymousProfile(req, res, next) {
        var sess = req.session,
            auth = sess && sess.auth;
        if (!auth || !auth.userId) {
            dbCounter('anonymousUsers', function(err, counter) {
                if (err) {
                    console.log('Error getting anonymous users counter', err);
                    next();

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tweetstream: node twitter-pubnub-stream.js