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@ktkaushik
ktkaushik / SomeController.rb
Created April 22, 2012 06:52
Using Prawn in your Rails App to download and attach the pdf in your email
require 'pdf_generator'
class TasksController < ApplicationController
include PdfGenerator
def some_action
pdf_generator( download = true )
end
end
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active May 20, 2024 10:14
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@andreyvit
andreyvit / tmux.md
Created June 13, 2012 03:41
tmux cheatsheet

tmux cheat sheet

(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)

Prefix key

The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf:

remap prefix to Control + a

@rgreenjr
rgreenjr / postgres_queries_and_commands.sql
Last active May 14, 2024 11:33
Useful PostgreSQL Queries and Commands
-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
ORDER BY query_start desc;
-- show running queries (9.2)
SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
FROM pg_stat_activity
WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
@seratch
seratch / config.yml
Created October 25, 2012 09:37
AWS SQS Example
access_key_id: xxx
secret_access_key: yyy
@flomotlik
flomotlik / heroku_run.sh
Last active January 10, 2020 21:40
Heroku run script that exits with the correct error code
#! /bin/bash
array=( $@ )
len=${#array[@]}
app=${array[$len-1]}
args=${array[@]:0:$len-1}
buffer_file=/tmp/last_heroku_run_`date +%N`
/usr/bin/heroku run "$args; echo \$?" --app $app 2>&1 | tee $buffer_file
@faisalman
faisalman / baseConverter.js
Last active January 11, 2023 14:43
Convert From/To Binary/Decimal/Hexadecimal in JavaScript
/**
* Convert From/To Binary/Decimal/Hexadecimal in JavaScript
* https://gist.github.com/faisalman
*
* Copyright 2012-2015, Faisalman <fyzlman@gmail.com>
* Licensed under The MIT License
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license
*/
(function(){
@abhishek77in
abhishek77in / report.rb
Created December 9, 2012 19:31
Create a PDF Document using Prawn Library with header, footer and page numbering.
require "prawn"
Prawn::Document.generate("report.pdf") do
10.times do
start_new_page
end
repeat :all do
move_down 50
@wolfg1969
wolfg1969 / README.md
Last active December 15, 2023 08:06
python-gps sample codes, Raspberry Pi 4 + u-blox GPS module (uart)

Raspberry Pi 4 + u-blox GPS module (uart)

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gpsd gpsd-client python-gps

Enable the serial interface and disable serial login shell with raspi-config then reboot. Confirm /dev/ttyS0 exists

$ ls -l /dev/serial*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 May 9 10:38 /dev/serial0 -&gt; ttyS0
@proudlygeek
proudlygeek / nfs-tunnel.md
Last active May 11, 2024 03:25
Mount NFS Folder via SSH Tunnel

1. Install NFS on Server

Install the required packages (Ubuntu 12.04):

apt-get install nfs-kernel-server portmap

2. Share NFS Folder

Open the exports file:

vim /etc/exports