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kaspergrubbe / geonames_postgres.rb
Last active April 15, 2025 21:39
Import files from Geonames.com into a PostgreSQL database that runs Postgis
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'open3'
require 'fileutils'
def run_command(command)
puts("+: " + command)
Open3.popen2e(command) do |stdin, stdout_stderr, wait_thread|
Thread.new do
stdout_stderr.each {|l| puts l }
@amishshah
amishshah / har-extract.js
Created February 12, 2017 16:14
Rough script to extract images from HTTP Archive (HAR) files
const fs = require('fs');
const file = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('./dump.har')).log;
const targetMimeType = 'image/jpeg';
let count = 1;
for (const entry of file.entries) {
if (entry.response.content.mimeType === targetMimeType) {
// ensure output directory exists before running!
fs.writeFileSync(`output/${count}.png`, new Buffer(entry.response.content.text, 'base64'), 'binary');
count++;
@nnja
nnja / gist:9136152c163091614e70defcf3753d06
Created May 26, 2016 20:25
How to access the raw markdown source for a github wiki page
https://raw.github.com/wiki/user/repo/page.md?login=login&token=token
@danni
danni / fields.py
Created March 8, 2016 08:52
Multi Choice Django Array Field
from django import forms
from django.contrib.postgres.fields import ArrayField
class ChoiceArrayField(ArrayField):
"""
A field that allows us to store an array of choices.
Uses Django 1.9's postgres ArrayField
and a MultipleChoiceField for its formfield.
@paulirish
paulirish / what-forces-layout.md
Last active May 14, 2026 17:39
What forces layout/reflow. The comprehensive list.

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics
  • elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent
@dideler
dideler / 0-startup-overview.md
Last active January 17, 2026 09:45
Startup Engineering notes
@jrom
jrom / nginx.conf
Created February 7, 2012 17:14
nginx hack for multiple conditions
if ($request_uri = /) {
set $test A;
}
if ($host ~* teambox.com) {
set $test "${test}B";
}
if ($http_cookie !~* "auth_token") {
set $test "${test}C";