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octocat / .gitignore
Created February 27, 2014 19:38
Some common .gitignore configurations
# Compiled source #
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*.com
*.class
*.dll
*.exe
*.o
*.so
# Packages #
@DanHerbert
DanHerbert / fix-homebrew-npm.md
Last active November 27, 2024 13:36
Instructions on how to fix npm if you've installed Node through Homebrew on Mac OS X or Linuxbrew

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

class Ticket < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :grouper
belongs_to :user
validate :user_cant_be_blacklisted, on: :confirmation
validate :user_cant_double_book, on: :confirmation
validate :grouper_cant_be_full, on: :confirmation
validate :grouper_cant_have_occurred, on: :confirmation
@thejollyrogers
thejollyrogers / gist:b114b5a98fa11a5a4ad0
Last active October 13, 2018 20:49
Simple steps to start a Stellar Gateway

You can become your own gateway in two simple steps! Here we'll show how easy it is to issue your own currency on the Stellar network.

Extending trust & issuing credit

1: A user extends trust to your gateway account for a "maximum" amount of your currency. Remember, they're trusting you'll honor whatever your currency represents when they give it back to you.

$ curl -X POST https://test.stellar.org:9002  -d '
{
    "method": "submit",
@holman
holman / example.png
Created November 5, 2014 05:35
A quick Hubot script to display Uber surge pricing from a particular point (LIKE AN OFFICE).
example.png
@holman
holman / emoji_test.rb
Last active June 18, 2020 01:27
A snapshot of the tests we use internally at GitHub to help edit our blog posts before they go out to everybody. For more information, take a peek at http://zachholman.com/posts/how-github-writes-blog-posts
require_relative "test_helper"
require "open-uri"
require "net/http"
class EmojiTest < Blog::Test
def test_no_emoji
posts.each do |post|
content = File.read(post)
refute_match /:[a-zA-Z0-9_]+:/, content,
@nf
nf / vm-setup.sh
Last active June 14, 2023 22:08
Script for setting up Debian Jessie VM with my development environment
#!/bin/bash -e
echo '
PATH=$HOME/go/bin:$PATH
export GOPATH=$HOME
export CDPATH=.:$HOME/src/golang.org/x:$HOME/go/src:$HOME/src/github.com:$HOME/src/github.com/nf:$HOME/src/github.com/adg
export EDITOR=vim
' >> ~/.profile
sudo apt-get update
@paulirish
paulirish / how-to-view-source-of-chrome-extension.md
Last active May 16, 2025 19:02
How to view-source of a Chrome extension

Option 1: Command-line download extension as zip and extract

extension_id=jifpbeccnghkjeaalbbjmodiffmgedin   # change this ID
curl -L -o "$extension_id.zip" "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx?response=redirect&os=mac&arch=x86-64&nacl_arch=x86-64&prod=chromecrx&prodchannel=stable&prodversion=44.0.2403.130&x=id%3D$extension_id%26uc" 
unzip -d "$extension_id-source" "$extension_id.zip"

Thx to crxviewer for the magic download URL.

@cmerrick
cmerrick / bkadb-data-gen.sh
Last active December 19, 2022 03:31
Better Know a Database - Redshift Load Data Formats
#!/bin/sh
# OS: Ubuntu 14.01
# Generate data - produces about 200GB on disk, takes a while
DATADIR=tpch-dbgen
SCALE=1000
git clone https://github.com/electrum/tpch-dbgen.git
cd $DATADIR && make && ./dbgen -f -v -C 16 -S 1 -s $SCALE && cd -

One of Newscorp's most heavily used data platforms, TCOG, is beginning a rebuild.

TCOG has 6 deployments taking high web traffic to deliver digital content for some of Australia's most downloaded sources of news and media.

The TCOG service loosely fits into a 'backend for the frontend' pattern that provides an API to front end clients to transform and render data from one or more upstream APIs by "smart URLs". See http://samnewman.io/patterns/architectural/bff/ for more information about the pattern.

Over time, the TCOG service has become monolithic. We have designed TCOG 1.5, which will consist of smaller services. We want you to help us build them! This project is a mixture of refactoring the existing and working on greenfield solutions to known problems. The new architectural direction is focussed on service patterns for caching, rendering and data transformation.

In addition, regular BAU work requires communication and support for the surrounding developers who build TCOG extensions to service the