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@norman
norman / earthdistance.rb
Last active October 7, 2024 14:15
Geographic Searches With Postgres's Earthdistance and Cube Extensions
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
=begin
= Geographic Searches With Postgres's Earthdistance and Cube Extensions
This program shows how to easily create a Postgres database that uses the Cube
and Earthdistance extensions to perform fast queries on geographic data.
Briefly, the problem this code solves is "show me all places within 50
kilometers of New York City."
@jeffreyiacono
jeffreyiacono / Rakefile
Created February 8, 2012 20:15
rake task for precompiling assets using sprockets within a sinatra app + view helpers
require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler'
Bundler.require
require './application'
namespace :assets do
desc 'compile assets'
task :compile => [:compile_js, :compile_css] do
end
@CristinaSolana
CristinaSolana / gist:1885435
Created February 22, 2012 14:56
Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream
@dzhulk
dzhulk / request.rb
Created May 18, 2012 15:24 — forked from steved/request.rb
Eventmachine Deferrable example
require 'httparty'
require 'eventmachine'
class Request
include EM::Deferrable
@@requests = []
attr_reader :method, :params
@mikhailov
mikhailov / 0. nginx_setup.sh
Last active August 29, 2025 05:48
NGINX+SPDY with Unicorn. True Zero-Downtime unless migrations. Best practices.
# Nginx+Unicorn best-practices congifuration guide. Heartbleed fixed.
# We use latest stable nginx with fresh **openssl**, **zlib** and **pcre** dependencies.
# Some extra handy modules to use: --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_gzip_static_module
#
# Deployment structure
#
# SERVER:
# /etc/init.d/nginx (1. nginx)
# /home/app/public_html/app_production/current (Capistrano directory)
#
@madtrick
madtrick / remote_authenticatable.rb
Created October 19, 2012 08:43
Example module to perform remote authentication with Devise
module Devise
module Models
module RemoteAuthenticatable
extend ActiveSupport::Concern
#
# Here you do the request to the external webservice
#
# If the authentication is successful you should return
# a resource instance
@madtrick
madtrick / gist:3917079
Created October 19, 2012 09:06
Warden strategy for Devise
module Devise
module Strategies
class RemoteAuthenticatable < Authenticatable
#
# For an example check : https://github.com/plataformatec/devise/blob/master/lib/devise/strategies/database_authenticatable.rb
#
# Method called by warden to authenticate a resource.
#
def authenticate!
#
# Raw transaction API example work-through
# Send coins to a 2-of-3 multisig, then spend them.
#
# For this example, I'm using these three keypairs (public/private)
# 0491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f86 / 5JaTXbAUmfPYZFRwrYaALK48fN6sFJp4rHqq2QSXs8ucfpE4yQU
# 04865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a986818a7cb624532f062c1d1f8722084861c5c3291ccffef4ec6874 / 5Jb7fCeh1Wtm4yBBg3q3XbT6B525i17kVhy3vMC9AqfR6FH2qGk
# 048d2455d2403e08708fc1f556002f1b6cd83f992d085097f9974ab08a28838f07896fbab08f39495e15fa6fad6edbfb1e754e35fa1c7844c41f322a1863d46213 / 5JFjmGo5Fww9p8gvx48qBYDJNAzR9pmH5S389axMtDyPT8ddqmw
# First: combine the three keys into a multisig address:
./bitcoind createmultisig 2 '["0491bba2510912a5bd37da1fb5b1673010e43d2c6d812c514e91bfa9f2eb129e1c183329db55bd868e209aac2fbc02cb33d98fe74bf23f0c235d6126b1d8334f86","04865c40293a680cb9c020e7b1e106d8c1916d3cef99aa431a56d253e69256dac09ef122b1a9
# /etc/nginx/sites-available/app
upstream app_server {
server unix:/tmp/.unicorn_app.sock fail_timeout=0;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name app.com;
@plentz
plentz / nginx.conf
Last active April 12, 2026 18:03
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