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@DanHerbert
DanHerbert / fix-homebrew-npm.md
Last active June 8, 2025 15:03
Instructions on how to fix npm if you've installed Node through Homebrew on Mac OS X or Linuxbrew

OBSOLETE

This entire guide is based on an old version of Homebrew/Node and no longer applies. It was only ever intended to fix a specific error message which has since been fixed. I've kept it here for historical purposes, but it should no longer be used. Homebrew maintainers have fixed things and the options mentioned don't exist and won't work.

I still believe it is better to manually install npm separately since having a generic package manager maintain another package manager is a bad idea, but the instructions below don't explain how to do that.

Fixing npm On Mac OS X for Homebrew Users

Installing node through Homebrew can cause problems with npm for globally installed packages. To fix it quickly, use the solution below. An explanation is also included at the end of this document.

@ricardo-rossi
ricardo-rossi / ElasticSearch.sh
Last active February 25, 2025 22:09
Installing ElasticSearch on Ubuntu 14.04
#!/bin/bash
### USAGE
###
### ./ElasticSearch.sh 1.7 will install Elasticsearch 1.7
### ./ElasticSearch.sh will fail because no version was specified (exit code 1)
###
### CLI options Contributed by @janpieper
### Check http://www.elasticsearch.org/download/ for latest version of ElasticSearch
@addyosmani
addyosmani / README.md
Last active October 2, 2025 12:05 — forked from 140bytes/LICENSE.txt
108 byte CSS Layout Debugger

CSS Layout Debugger

A tweet-sized debugger for visualizing your CSS layouts. Outlines every DOM element on your page a random (valid) CSS hex color.

One-line version to paste in your DevTools

Use $$ if your browser aliases it:

~ 108 byte version

@brianstorti
brianstorti / priority_queue.rb
Last active June 9, 2025 20:10
Priority queue implementation in Ruby
class PriorityQueue
attr_reader :elements
def initialize
@elements = [nil]
end
def <<(element)
@elements << element
bubble_up(@elements.size - 1)
@paul
paul / refinement_inheritance.rb
Created April 6, 2015 17:23
Ruby Refinement Inheritance
module MyExt
refine String do
def foo
"foo"
end
end
end
class Parent
@erikcox
erikcox / SimCityLoadingMessages.txt
Created November 11, 2015 21:23
A list of loading messages from the game SimCity, which I repurposed for Slack loading messages.
Adding Hidden Agendas
Adjusting Bell Curves
Aesthesizing Industrial Areas
Aligning Covariance Matrices
Applying Feng Shui Shaders
Applying Theatre Soda Layer
Asserting Packed Exemplars
Attempting to Lock Back-Buffer
Binding Sapling Root System
Breeding Fauna
@marcocitus
marcocitus / generate-products.sql
Last active February 17, 2023 12:57
Generate mock product data in PostgreSQL
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS words (
word text
);
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS product (
product_id int not null,
name text not null,
description text not null,
price decimal(12,2),
attributes jsonb,
ּ_בּ
בּ_בּ
טּ_טּ
כּ‗כּ
לּ_לּ
מּ_מּ
סּ_סּ
תּ_תּ
٩(×̯×)۶
٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶

FWIW: I (@rondy) am not the creator of the content shared here, which is an excerpt from Edmond Lau's book. I simply copied and pasted it from another location and saved it as a personal note, before it gained popularity on news.ycombinator.com. Unfortunately, I cannot recall the exact origin of the original source, nor was I able to find the author's name, so I am can't provide the appropriate credits.


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