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@dinvlad
dinvlad / retries.ts
Last active February 2, 2024 16:18
Retries with exponential backoff and jitter for idempotent background Google Cloud Functions
// one can also use Google Cloud Firestore library,
// with a slight change in semantics
import { firestore } from 'firebase-admin';
import { EventContext, runWith } from 'firebase-functions';
import { promisify } from 'util';
const eventCollection = 'function-events';
enum EventStatus {
RUNNING = 'running',
@policante
policante / UIView+Shimmer.swift
Created February 6, 2017 14:09
Shimmer effect to UIView
extension UIView {
func startShimmering(){
let light = UIColor.white.cgColor
let alpha = UIColor.white.withAlphaComponent(0.7).cgColor
let gradient = CAGradientLayer()
gradient.colors = [alpha, light, alpha, alpha, light, alpha]
gradient.frame = CGRect(x: -self.bounds.size.width, y: 0, width: 3 * self.bounds.size.width, height: self.bounds.size.height)
gradient.startPoint = CGPoint(x: 0.0, y: 0.5)
@vasanthk
vasanthk / System Design.md
Last active July 24, 2024 07:54
System Design Cheatsheet

System Design Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

Basic Steps

  1. Clarify and agree on the scope of the system
  • User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
    • Who is going to use it?
    • How are they going to use it?
@sirkkalap
sirkkalap / Install-Docker-on-Linux-Mint.sh
Last active December 8, 2022 18:38
Install Docker on Linux Mint
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# To run:
# curl -sSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/sirkkalap/e87cd580a47b180a7d32/raw/d9c9ebae4f5cf64eed4676e8aedac265b5a51bfa/Install-Docker-on-Linux-Mint.sh | bash -x
##########################################
# Check that HTTPS transport is available to APT
if [ ! -e /usr/lib/apt/methods/https ]; then
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
fi