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@sloria
sloria / bobp-python.md
Last active May 28, 2025 02:41
A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

The Best of the Best Practices (BOBP) Guide for Python

A "Best of the Best Practices" (BOBP) guide to developing in Python.

In General

Values

  • "Build tools for others that you want to be built for you." - Kenneth Reitz
  • "Simplicity is alway better than functionality." - Pieter Hintjens
@wrburgess
wrburgess / gist:5528649
Last active September 13, 2024 19:00
Backup Heroku Postgres database and restore to local database

Grab new backup of database

Command: heroku pgbackups:capture --remote production

Response: >>> HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_COLOR_URL (DATABASE_URL) ----backup---> a712

Get url of backup download

Command: heroku pgbackups:url [db_key] --remote production

@domenic
domenic / promises.md
Last active June 13, 2025 14:15
You're Missing the Point of Promises

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.
@johanmeiring
johanmeiring / gist:3002458
Created June 27, 2012 08:32
"git lg" alias for pretty git log
# From http://garmoncheg.blogspot.com/2012/06/pretty-git-log.html
git config --global alias.lg "log --color --graph --pretty=format:'%Cred%h%Creset -%C(yellow)%d%Creset %s %Cgreen(%cr) %C(bold blue)<%an>%Creset' --abbrev-commit --"
@pitch-gist
pitch-gist / gist:2999707
Created June 26, 2012 22:21
HTML: Simple Maintenance Page
<!doctype html>
<title>Site Maintenance</title>
<style>
body { text-align: center; padding: 150px; }
h1 { font-size: 50px; }
body { font: 20px Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #333; }
article { display: block; text-align: left; width: 650px; margin: 0 auto; }
a { color: #dc8100; text-decoration: none; }
a:hover { color: #333; text-decoration: none; }
</style>
@coolaj86
coolaj86 / how-to-publish-to-npm.md
Last active June 18, 2025 06:22
How to publish packages to NPM

Getting Started with NPM (as a developer)

As easy as 1, 2, 3!

Updated:

  • Aug, 08, 2022 update config docs for npm 8+
  • Jul 27, 2021 add private scopes
  • Jul 22, 2021 add dist tags
  • Jun 20, 2021 update for --access=public
  • Sep 07, 2020 update docs for npm version
@isaacs
isaacs / node-and-npm-in-30-seconds.sh
Last active April 14, 2025 11:07
Use one of these techniques to install node and npm without having to sudo. Discussed in more detail at http://joyeur.com/2010/12/10/installing-node-and-npm/ Note: npm >=0.3 is *safer* when using sudo.
echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
. ~/.bashrc
mkdir ~/local
mkdir ~/node-latest-install
cd ~/node-latest-install
curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz | tar xz --strip-components=1
./configure --prefix=~/local
make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh | sh