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daniellawrence / tasks.py
Created October 17, 2013 10:54
Queuing fabric tasks and stream reading output using celery & redis - A little bit of evil with tempfiles and stdout redirection.
# RUN ME, I am the worker!
# $ pip install fabric celery-with-redis
# $ celery -A tasks worker -E --loglevel=debug
from celery import Celery
from time import sleep
from fabric.api import env, run, execute
import sys
celery = Celery('tasks', broker='redis://', backend='redis://')
@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
@justx1
justx1 / mosquitto.conf
Created October 2, 2013 08:19
Addition to mosquitto.conf for bridging MQTT brokers http://e.verything.co/post/62163759361/bridging-two-mqtt-brokers
connection cloudmqtt
try_private false
address broker.cloudmqtt.com:<port>
start_type automatic
username <your_username_here>
password <your_password_here>
clientid <any_clientid_here>
notifications true
def verify_sign(public_key_loc, signature, data):
'''
Verifies with a public key from whom the data came that it was indeed
signed by their private key
param: public_key_loc Path to public key
param: signature String signature to be verified
return: Boolean. True if the signature is valid; False otherwise.
'''
from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA
from Crypto.Signature import PKCS1_v1_5
@urschrei
urschrei / basemap_descartes.py
Last active November 6, 2020 02:49
How to plot Shapely Points using Matplotlib, Basemap, and Descartes
"""
required packages:
numpy
matplotlib
basemap: http://matplotlib.org/basemap/users/installing.html
shapely: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Shapely
descartes: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/descartes
random
@floer32
floer32 / tupperware.py
Last active September 26, 2022 12:13
recursively convert nested dicts to nested namedtuples, giving you something like immutable object literals
from UserDict import IterableUserDict
import collections
__author__ = 'github.com/hangtwenty'
def tupperware(mapping):
""" Convert mappings to 'tupperwares' recursively.
@avar
avar / things-to-do-in-iceland.md
Last active June 27, 2023 18:31
Recommendations for things to do in Iceland

I get asked by people wanting to visit Iceland what they should do while they're there. Rather than re-type (and mostly forget) the whole thing I just give them a link to this.

Stuff that isn't this guide

...as if you didn't know how to use Google.

  • I'm partial to The Lonely Planet guides whenever I visit other places. I haven't checked the one for Iceland but it's probably
@kevinhughes27
kevinhughes27 / opencv_blackfly.cpp
Last active January 24, 2024 19:39
A simple program showing how to capture from a Point Grey Research Camera and display the image using OpenCV
#include "FlyCapture2.h"
#include <opencv2/core/core.hpp>
#include <opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp>
#include <iostream>
using namespace FlyCapture2;
int main()
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active June 27, 2025 20:44
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:

@aaronzirbes
aaronzirbes / shrink-git-repo.sh
Created January 19, 2013 05:32
This script will help you remove large files from your git repo history and shrink the size of your repository.
#!/bin/bash
echo "Finding and Purging Big Files From Git History"
echo "=============================================="
echo ""
echo "http://naleid.com/blog/2012/01/17/finding-and-purging-big-files-from-git-history/"
echo ""
pushd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" > /dev/null