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rlandas / gist:4128250
Created November 21, 2012 22:22
ZF2: How to using DB transaction with zf2
public function add($data) {
try {
/**
* @var \Zend\Db\Adapter\Driver\Pdo\Connection
*/
$connection = $this->itemTable->adapter->getDriver()->getConnection();
$connection->beginTransaction();
$connection->commit();
@iros
iros / API.md
Created August 22, 2012 14:42
Documenting your REST API

Title

<Additional information about your API call. Try to use verbs that match both request type (fetching vs modifying) and plurality (one vs multiple).>

  • URL

    <The URL Structure (path only, no root url)>

  • Method:

@Adirael
Adirael / fix-wordpress-permissions.sh
Created August 17, 2012 23:16
Fix wordpress file permissions
#!/bin/bash
#
# This script configures WordPress file permissions based on recommendations
# from http://codex.wordpress.org/Hardening_WordPress#File_permissions
#
# Author: Michael Conigliaro <mike [at] conigliaro [dot] org>
#
WP_OWNER=www-data # <-- wordpress owner
WP_GROUP=www-data # <-- wordpress group
WP_ROOT=$1 # <-- wordpress root directory
@paulruescher
paulruescher / Extend Recent Posts
Created June 26, 2012 19:02
Used this to change the output of WordPress' Recent Posts Widget
/**
* Extend Recent Posts Widget
*
* Adds different formatting to the default WordPress Recent Posts Widget
*/
Class My_Recent_Posts_Widget extends WP_Widget_Recent_Posts {
function widget($args, $instance) {
@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active April 19, 2025 17:31 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@chitchcock
chitchcock / 20111011_SteveYeggeGooglePlatformRant.md
Created October 12, 2011 15:53
Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real