Taylor Thurlow taylorthurlow

web programmer & Ruby enjoyer

taylorthurlow / dropshadow.sh

Last active November 10, 2017 03:03

A script which uses scrot and imagemagick to apply macOS-esque drop shadows to screenshots.

	#!/bin/bash
	# NAME: dropshadow.sh
	# VERSION:
	# AUTHOR: (c) 2017 Taylor Thurlow
	# DESCRIPTION: - adds transparent dropshadow to images (e.g. screenshots)
	# - moves them to predefined screenshot folder
	# - notifies the user
	# FEATURES:
	# DEPENDENCIES: imagemagick suite
	#

taylorthurlow / .lrc-maker

Last active October 22, 2022 23:11

https://lrc-maker.github.io

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taylorthurlow / distributed_read_write_lock.rb

Last active April 3, 2024 22:36

Multi-reader, multi-writer, read-preferring distributed lock implementation for Ruby, backed by Redis

	# WARNING: This locking algorithm is not yet production-tested and should not
	# be used in production without further testing. Testing on a local machine
	# seems to suggest that things are working as expected, but I am anticipating
	# that there will be edge cases that I have missed. If you find one then feel
	# free to contact me.
	#
	# The goal of this class is to model and provide a distributed (Redis-backed)
	# multiple-reader, multiple-writer lock.
	#
	# The lock is read-preferring, meaning that readers will be able to read