Ross Kaffenberger rossta

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Tech lead at @meraki ∙ Previously @stitchfix @LearnZillion @challengepost @weplay ∙ Teaching Ruby, Rails, JavaScript at joyofrails.com

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rossta / admin.rb

Created September 30, 2011 22:53

Pattern for extending ActiveRecord models

	# app/models/user_extensions/admin.rb

	module UserExtensions
	module Admin
	extend ActiveSupport::Concern

	ADMIN = 'admin'

	module ClassMethods

rossta / rossta.zsh-theme

Created October 4, 2011 13:52

rossta zsh theme

	# CANDY Extension
	PROMPT_PREFIX="%{$fg[blue]%}[%{$reset_color%}"
	PROMPT_SUFFIX="$fg[blue]%}]%{$reset_color%}"

	HOST_PROMPT="%{$fg_bold[green]%}%n@%m"
	DATE_PROMPT="$PROMPT_PREFIX%{$fg[red]%}%D{%I:%M:%S}$PROMPT_SUFFIX"
	PWD_PROMPT="$PROMPT_PREFIX%{$fg[white]%}%~$PROMPT_SUFFIX"
	LEADER_PROMPT="%{$fg_bold[blue]%}\$%{$reset_color%}"

	# Get the current ruby version in use with RVM:

rossta / custom_gem.rb

Created October 13, 2011 11:42

Custom gem method for local using gems locally (courtesy of ruby-amqp)

	# Use local clones if possible.
	# If you want to use your local copy, just symlink it to vendor.
	def custom_gem(name, options = Hash.new)
	local_path = File.expand_path("../vendor/#{name}", __FILE__)
	if File.exist?(local_path)
	gem name, options.merge(:path => local_path).delete_if { \|key, _\| [:git, :branch].include?(key) }
	else
	gem name, options
	end
	end

rossta / background_callbacks.rb

Created October 17, 2011 12:27

Enable :background => true option for active record callbacks + "send_later"

	ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval do
	public :callback

	def self.define_background_callback(callback_name)
	class_eval <<-RUBY
	define_callbacks :background_#{callback_name} # define_callbacks :background_after_create
	#
	#{callback_name} do \|object\| # after_create do \|object\|
	object.queue_background_callbacks(:#{callback_name}) # object.queue_background_callbacks(:after_create)
	end # end

rossta / devise_monkey_patch.rb

Created October 19, 2011 04:02

Devise patch for test env to cut out expensive password calculations

	# Don't need passwords in test DB to be secure, but we would like 'em to be
	# fast -- and the stretches mechanism is intended to make passwords
	# computationally expensive.
	module Devise
	module Models
	module DatabaseAuthenticatable
	protected

	def password_digest(password)
	password

rossta / caching_config.rb

Last active September 28, 2015 23:08

Set controller caching in RSpec around block

	RSpec.configure do \|config\|
	config.around(:each, :caching) do \|example\|
	caching = ActionController::Base.perform_caching
	ActionController::Base.perform_caching = example.metadata[:caching]
	example.run
	Rails.cache.clear
	ActionController::Base.perform_caching = caching
	end
	end

rossta / ordered_by_counter.rb

Created October 17, 2012 10:27

OrderedByCounter article

	module MyModule
	extend ActiveSupport::Concern

	# removed code that modified User when
	# including this module in Article
	end

	module OrderedByCounter
	extend ActiveSupport::Concern

rossta / index.html

Last active December 10, 2015 10:58

Click to add balls

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
	<title></title>
	<meta name="description" content="">

rossta / index.html

Created January 1, 2013 18:24

Balls with wall collision; Click to add balls

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9"> <![endif]-->
	<!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
	<title></title>
	<meta name="description" content="">

rossta / ruby_trello_demo.rb

Created January 8, 2013 03:37

Ruby-trello and Threads: Making requests on behalf of multiple clients is not currently thread-safe, as demonstrated in the gist below (with placeholders for sensitive data).

	include Trello
	include Trello::Authorization

	Trello::Authorization.const_set :AuthPolicy, OAuthPolicy
	OAuthPolicy.consumer_credential = OAuthCredential.new('user_key', 'user_secret')

	threads = []
	tokens = %w[ not_rosstas_token rosstas_token ]

	tokens.each_with_index do \|token, i\|

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