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r38y / not_bad.txt

Created January 20, 2013 23:35

	$ heroku pg:cachehit --remote production
	name \| ratio
	----------------+------------------------
	index hit rate \| 0.99929808820146663449
	cache hit rate \| 1.00

r38y / letterpress.rb

Last active December 12, 2015 09:29

	# Requires Ruby 1.9 and OS X
	# The letters in your game... include repeats
	game_letters = %w()

	# Words that have been played already
	played = %w()

	def to_hash(letters)
	letters.inject({}) do \|h,l\|
	h[l] \|\|= 0

r38y / copy_db.txt

Created February 17, 2013 22:25

heroku pgbackups:capture --remote production && heroku pgbackups:restore DATABASE `heroku pgbackups:url --remote production` --remote staging

r38y / default.rb

Created March 1, 2013 20:04

Recipe to wrap EY backups with a snitch.

	# set backup interval
	# cron_hour = if node[:backup_interval].to_s == '24'
	# "1" # 0100 Pacific, per support's request
	# # NB: Instances run in the Pacific (Los Angeles) timezone
	# elsif node[:backup_interval]
	# "*/#{node[:backup_interval]}"
	# else
	# "1"
	# end

r38y / application_helper.rb

Created March 2, 2013 16:57

Rendering Markdown

	module ApplicationHelper
	def md(text)
	text = text \|\| ''
	# in very clear cases, let newlines become <br /> tags
	text.gsub!(/^[\w\"\<][^\n]*\n+/) do \|x\|
	x =~ /\n{2}/ ? x : (x.strip!; x << " \n")
	end
	markdown = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::HTML, autolink: true, space_after_headers: true)
	markdown.render(text).html_safe
	end

r38y / fix_scrolling.coffee

Last active December 15, 2015 13:29

Fixes the bouncing viewport when scrolling in full-window javascript apps. You mostly see this in Chrome (?).

	# Uses https://github.com/brandonaaron/jquery-mousewheel
	fixScrolling: (elem) ->
	$('body').on 'mousewheel', elem, (e, d) ->
	$elem = $(elem)
	height = $elem.height()
	scrollHeight = $elem.get(0).scrollHeight
	if (d < 0 && (this.scrollTop is (scrollHeight - height)) \|\| (d > 0 && this.scrollTop is 0))
	e.preventDefault()

r38y / open-url.rb

Created May 2, 2013 16:34

Handling files from the internet

	require 'open-uri'
	require 'securerandom'

	url = 'http://bntp-production.imgix.net/uploads/photos/file/14/4a902ce7e2.jpg'

	file = open(url)

	puts file.class
	# at this point you can read from it and use it just like
	# the file you read from disk

r38y / run_dms.rb

Last active December 18, 2015 10:19

A class for wrapping DMS.

	require 'net/https'
	require 'uri'

	class RunDMS

	def self.snitch(id, options={}, &block)
	dead_man = new(id, options)
	block.call
	dead_man.snitch
	end

r38y / handle_funky_formats.rb

Created June 14, 2013 04:20

It handles the case where there is a funky format and a template for it can't be found.

	module HandleFunkyFormats
	extend ActiveSupport::Concern

	included do
	rescue_from ActionView::MissingTemplate do
	if params[:format]
	redirect_to format: nil
	end
	end
	end

r38y / address.rb

Created August 5, 2013 14:32

Example refactoring of the class in Griddler that parses an email address.

	module Griddler
	class Address
	def initialize(address)
	@address = address
	end

	def some_method_name(type=:hash)
	if type == :hash
	parsed_address
	else

	$ heroku pg:cachehit --remote production
	name \| ratio
	----------------+------------------------
	index hit rate \| 0.99929808820146663449
	cache hit rate \| 1.00