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@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active June 1, 2026 13:16
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@rofl0r
rofl0r / init.c
Created August 6, 2013 21:15
minimal init daemon by rich felker, author of musl libc
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 700
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
sigset_t set;
int status;
if (getpid() != 1) return 1;

Git Cheat Sheet

Commands

Getting Started

git init

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@romainl
romainl / _rnb.md
Last active June 26, 2025 17:42
RNB, a Vim colorscheme template
@joyrexus
joyrexus / README.md
Last active April 19, 2025 09:46 — forked from btoone/curl.md
curl tutorial

An introduction to curl using GitHub's API.

Basics

Makes a basic GET request to the specifed URI

curl https://api.github.com/users/caspyin

Includes HTTP-Header information in the output

@xPaw
xPaw / steam_quick_queue.user.js
Last active April 22, 2026 02:24
⚠ This script has been integrated into SteamDB browser extension!
// ==UserScript==
// @name Steam Queue Auto Discoverer
// @description Discover the Steam queue three times to get the sale cards
// @version 2.3.0
// @namespace https://gist.github.com/xPaw/73f8ae2031b4e528abf7
// @icon https://store.steampowered.com/favicon.ico
// @match https://store.steampowered.com/explore*
// @grant none
// ==/UserScript==
@nicowilliams
nicowilliams / fork-is-evil-vfork-is-good-afork-would-be-better.md
Last active June 7, 2026 05:21
fork() is evil; vfork() is goodness; afork() would be better; clone() is stupid

I recently happened upon a very interesting implementation of popen() (different API, same idea) called popen-noshell using clone(2), and so I opened an issue requesting use of vfork(2) or posix_spawn() for portability. It turns out that on Linux there's an important advantage to using clone(2). I think I should capture the things I wrote there in a better place. A gist, a blog, whatever.

This is not a paper. I assume reader familiarity with fork() in particular and Unix in general, though, of course, I link to relevant wiki pages, so if the unfamiliar reader is willing to go down the rabbit hole, they should be able to come ou

// build: gcc amdgpustats.c -o amdgpustats `pkg-config --cflags --libs libdrm`
// Requires Linux 4.12 or later, and libdrm 2.4.77 or later
#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
@ddevault
ddevault / Makefile
Last active February 20, 2024 14:17
Tiny Wayland compositor
WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS=/usr/share/wayland-protocols
# wayland-scanner is a tool which generates C headers and rigging for Wayland
# protocols, which are specified in XML. wlroots requires you to rig these up
# to your build system yourself and provide them in the include path.
xdg-shell-protocol.h:
wayland-scanner server-header \
$(WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS)/stable/xdg-shell/xdg-shell.xml $@
xdg-shell-protocol.c: xdg-shell-protocol.h
@munificent
munificent / generate.c
Last active December 26, 2025 00:01
A random dungeon generator that fits on a business card
#include <time.h> // Robert Nystrom
#include <stdio.h> // @munificentbob
#include <stdlib.h> // for Ginny
#define r return // 2008-2019
#define l(a, b, c, d) for (i y=a;y\
<b; y++) for (int x = c; x < d; x++)
typedef int i;const i H=40;const i W
=80;i m[40][80];i g(i x){r rand()%x;
}void cave(i s){i w=g(10)+5;i h=g(6)
+3;i t=g(W-w-2)+1;i u=g(H-h-2)+1;l(u