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@ibussieres
ibussieres / upgrade_pg.sh
Last active May 26, 2021 04:29
Upgrade PostgreSQL 9.1 to 9.3 on Ubuntu 12.04
echo "deb http://apt.postgresql.org/pub/repos/apt/ precise-pgdg main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
wget --quiet -O - https://www.postgresql.org/media/keys/ACCC4CF8.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install postgresql-9.3 postgresql-server-dev-9.3 postgresql-contrib-9.3 -y
sudo su - postgres -c "psql template1 -p 5433 -c 'CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS hstore;'"
sudo su - postgres -c "psql template1 -p 5433 -c 'CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS \"uuid-ossp\";'"
sudo su - postgres -c "service postgresql stop"
sudo su - postgres -c '/usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin/pg_upgrade -b /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin -B /usr/lib/postgresql/9.3/bin -d /var/lib/postgresql/9.1/main/ -D /var/lib/postgresql/9.3/main/ -O "-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.3/main/postgresql.conf" -o "-c config_file=/etc/postgresql/9.1/main/postgresql.conf"'
# It requires ACK - http://betterthangrep.com/
task :find_unused_images do
images = Dir.glob('app/assets/images/**/*')
images_to_delete = []
images.each do |image|
unless File.directory?(image)
# print "\nChecking #{image}..."
print '.'
result = `/Users/stereodenis/bin/ack -1 --type-set=mytype=.rb,.css,.scss,.haml,.coffee,.js,.erb,.en,.th,.html,.slim,.less,.sass #{File.basename(image)}`
@evanscottgray
evanscottgray / docker_kill.sh
Last active November 7, 2023 03:40
kill all docker containers at once...
docker ps | awk {' print $1 '} | tail -n+2 > tmp.txt; for line in $(cat tmp.txt); do docker kill $line; done; rm tmp.txt
@denji
denji / nginx-tuning.md
Last active October 30, 2025 20:38
NGINX tuning for best performance

NGINX Tuning For Best Performance

For this configuration you can use web server you like, i decided, because i work mostly with it to use nginx.

Generally, properly configured nginx can handle up to 400K to 500K requests per second (clustered), most what i saw is 50K to 80K (non-clustered) requests per second and 30% CPU load, course, this was 2 x Intel Xeon with HyperThreading enabled, but it can work without problem on slower machines.

You must understand that this config is used in testing environment and not in production so you will need to find a way to implement most of those features best possible for your servers.

@davatron5000
davatron5000 / Sublime Text Setup.md
Last active April 15, 2023 15:39
A new user's guide to SublimeText 2. Estimated reading time: 2 mins. Estimated workthrough time: 12 minutes.

Make it useful

  • Install Package Control. For SublimeText 2, paste the following in Terminal:
import urllib2,os; pf='Package Control.sublime-package'; ipp = sublime.installed_packages_path(); os.makedirs( ipp ) if not os.path.exists(ipp) else None; urllib2.install_opener( urllib2.build_opener( urllib2.ProxyHandler( ))); open( os.path.join( ipp, pf), 'wb' ).write( urllib2.urlopen( 'http://sublime.wbond.net/' +pf.replace( ' ','%20' )).read()); print( 'Please restart Sublime Text to finish installation')

From here on out, use Package Control to install everything. +Shift+P, then type Install to get a list of installable packages you can 'livesearch through. After installing plugins, they should be running.

@sloria
sloria / bobp-python.md
Last active September 9, 2025 10:52
A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

  • "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
  • "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens
@plentz
plentz / nginx.conf
Last active October 22, 2025 16:10
Best nginx configuration for improved security(and performance)
# to generate your dhparam.pem file, run in the terminal
openssl dhparam -out /etc/nginx/ssl/dhparam.pem 2048
@ryansobol
ryansobol / gist:5252653
Last active February 23, 2025 06:28
15 Questions to Ask During a Ruby Interview

Originally published in June 2008

When hiring Ruby on Rails programmers, knowing the right questions to ask during an interview was a real challenge for me at first. In 30 minutes or less, it's difficult to get a solid read on a candidate's skill set without looking at code they've previously written. And in the corporate/enterprise world, I often don't have access to their previous work.

To ensure we hired competent ruby developers at my last job, I created a list of 15 ruby questions -- a ruby measuring stick if you will -- to select the cream of the crop that walked through our doors.

What to expect

Candidates will typically give you a range of responses based on their experience and personality. So it's up to you to decide the correctness of their answer.

@rgreenjr
rgreenjr / postgres_queries_and_commands.sql
Last active October 29, 2025 19:10
Useful PostgreSQL Queries and Commands
-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
ORDER BY query_start desc;
-- show running queries (9.2)
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
@terryjray
terryjray / gist:3296171
Created August 8, 2012 15:55
Enabling hstore for new postgresql 9.1 and rails 3 install on ubuntu 12.04
RAILS_ENV=production rake db:setup
# produces the error below.....hmmm.....it's a no-worky
psql:/yourprojectpath/yourproject/db/structure.sql:29: ERROR: could not open extension control file "/usr/share/postgresql/9.1/extension/hstore.control": No such file or directory
# hstore postgresql extension needs to be installed, so....
sudo apt-get install postgresql-contrib
# now your extension should be available to enable so log in with psql
psql -d yourproject_production -U yourdbuser -W