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isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active February 20, 2025 22:23
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh
@guenter
guenter / move_to_rds.rb
Created November 11, 2010 02:14
A quick and dirty script to move a database into Amazon RDS (or any other database). Can transfer part of the data beforehand.
require 'fileutils'
start_time = Time.now
SOURCE_DB = {
:name => 'db_name',
:user => 'db_user',
:password => 'db_pass',
:host => 'localhost'
@bowsersenior
bowsersenior / stooge_loader.rb
Created May 18, 2011 23:18
A demo of YAML anchors, references and nested values
require 'rubygems'
require 'yaml'
# A demonstration of YAML anchors, references and handling of nested values
# For more info, see:
# http://atechie.net/2009/07/merging-hashes-in-yaml-conf-files/
stooges = YAML::load( File.read('stooges.yml') )
# => {
# "default" => {
<!doctype html>
<!-- http://taylor.fausak.me/2015/01/27/ios-8-web-apps/ -->
<html>
<head>
<title>iOS 8 web app</title>
<!-- CONFIGURATION -->
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active March 12, 2025 11:18
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@whistler
whistler / run_tests.sh
Created June 6, 2012 13:47
Pull Rails application and test repeatedly
#!/bin/bash
while [ true ]; do
git pull origin master
bundle install
rake db:migrate
rake rake:test:prepare
rake spec
done
@whistler
whistler / no_timestamps_in_json.rb
Created June 11, 2012 15:10
Dont send timestamps of Rails records to browser
class ActiveRecord::Base
def as_json(options={})
super(:except => [:created_at, :updated_at])
end
end
@marcedwards
marcedwards / high-dpi-media.css
Last active March 2, 2025 20:24
A CSS media query that captures almost all high DPI aware devices.
/* ---------------------------------------------------------- */
/* */
/* A media query that captures: */
/* */
/* - Retina iOS devices */
/* - Retina Macs running Safari */
/* - High DPI Windows PCs running IE 8 and above */
/* - Low DPI Windows PCs running IE, zoomed in */
/* - Low DPI Windows PCs and Macs running Firefox, zoomed in */
/* - Android hdpi devices and above */
@joho
joho / deploy.rb
Created September 13, 2012 01:30
How to serve emergency "signed out" views from page cache without affecting signed in users in rails.
set :path_to_repo, "/path_to_repo/"
set :running_app_user, "appusername"
namespace :webscale do
desc "Cache a signed out version of the path. Usage: cap webscale:signed_out_cache_page -s path_to_cache=/films/on_netflix"
task :signed_out_cache, roles: :app do
cache_base_path = "#{path_to_repo}/public/signed_out"
cached_destination_path = "#{cache_base_path}#{path_to_cache}.html"
working_path = "#{cached_destination_path}.tmp"
@awesome
awesome / ffaker-example-output.md
Last active September 22, 2016 21:08
got ffaker gem documentation? me neither, but here's a list of the class methods… so awesome 😂!