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@kneath
kneath / growth.md
Last active November 12, 2018 06:33
Growth position

Hack on github.com with me

Thanks everyone! I've got enough leads for the time being.

@jameslafa
jameslafa / admin-projects.rb
Created July 17, 2013 10:28
Paperclip with Rails4 and active admin
ActiveAdmin.register Project do
# Don't forget to add the image attribute (here thumbnails) to permitted_params
controller do
def permitted_params
params.permit project: [:title, :summary, :description, :thumbnail, :date, :url, :client_list, :technology_list, :type_list]
end
end
form do |f|
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active June 17, 2026 19:56
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@afair
afair / tmux.cheat
Last active July 1, 2026 20:34
Tmux Quick Reference & Cheat sheet - 2 column format for less scrolling!
========================================== ==========================================
TMUX COMMAND WINDOW (TAB)
========================================== ==========================================
List tmux ls List ^b w
New new -s <session> Create ^b c
Attach att -t <session> Rename ^b , <name>
Rename rename-session -t <old> <new> Last ^b l (lower-L)
Kill kill-session -t <session> Close ^b &
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active July 20, 2026 13:24
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@bhenerey
bhenerey / ideal ops.md
Created May 23, 2012 19:40
ideal ops checklist

In a perfect world, where things are done well, not just quickly, I would expect to find the following when joining the company:

Documentation

  • Accurate / up-to-date systems architecture diagram

  • Accurate / up-to-date network diagram

  • Out-of-hours support plan

  • Incident management plan

@twohlix
twohlix / door_unlock.php
Created February 23, 2012 04:56
Apartment Door Unlocker - twilio style
<?php
header("content-type: text/xml");
echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n";
function randomResponseString(){
$responses = array( 'Sup wid it?', 'Helloooooooooooooo',
'Noob Noob Noob Noob', 'Let the Base Cannon Kick It: wub wub wub wub',
'A horse passes behind you', 'Help I am stuck in an apartment buzzer factory. Please send help!',
'Skynet became self aware at '.date('g h A').' today.', 'Access Denied',
'I will grant you access if you spin around 3 times! Go on. Do it. Hooray',
@netmute
netmute / README.md
Last active May 10, 2025 11:03
Game of Life in 140 chars of Ruby

Game of Life

An implementation of Conway's Game of Life in 140 characters of Ruby.

Author

Created by Simon Ernst (@sier).

@aemkei
aemkei / LICENSE.txt
Last active December 31, 2025 22:36 — forked from 140bytes/LICENSE.txt
Binary Tetris - 140byt.es
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2011 YOUR_NAME_HERE <YOUR_URL_HERE>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
@emachnic
emachnic / default.rb
Created December 1, 2011 15:29
Chef recipe to write redis.yml on Engine Yard Cloud
# ey-cloud-recipes/cookbooks/redis-yml/recipes/default.rb
if ['app_master', 'app'].include?(node[:instance_role])
redis_instance = node['utility_instances'].find { |instance| instance['name'] == 'redis' }
if redis_instance
node[:applications].each do |app, data|
template "/data/#{app}/shared/config/redis.yml"do
source 'redis.yml.erb'
owner node[:owner_name]