dperini

//
// Regular Expression for URL validation
//
// Author: Diego Perini
// Created: 2010/12/05
// Updated: 2018/09/12
// License: MIT
//
// Copyright (c) 2010-2018 Diego Perini (http://www.iport.it)
//

stream7

 literally always have to look up the meaning of :limit in migrations when it comes to integer values. Here's an overview. Now let's memorise it (oh, this works for MySQL, other databases may work differently):

:limit	    Numeric Type	Column Size	Max value
1	     tinyint	         1 byte	          127
2	     smallint	         2 bytes	32767
3	     mediumint	         3 byte	        8388607
nil, 4, 11    int(11)	         4 byte	       2147483647
5..8	      bigint	         8 byte	     9223372036854775807

Note: by default MySQL uses signed integers and Rails has no way (that I know of) to change this behaviour. Subsequently, the max. values noted are for signed integers.

benjaminpearson

1password - Password mangager
3hub - Amazon s3 file manager
Adium - Instant messenger 
Arq - Amazon s3 backup
Air Server - Send your iPhone/iPad screen to your mac screen for demos
Alfred - Launch bar app (must have)
Base - Sqlite db viewer
Caffeine - Keeps computer awake
Charles - Web debugging proxy 
Cornerstone - SVN client

ababushkin

1password - Password mangager
Adium - Instant messenger 
Arq - Amazon s3 backup
Base - Sqlite db viewer
Caffeine - Keeps computer awake
Charles - Web debugging proxy 
Cornerstone - SVN client
Cyberduck - FTP client
Delibar - Delicious bookmarking menu item
DiskWave - Monitor hdd space

ababushkin

/**
/**
* Changes the sort order of assets in Squiz Matrix
* Author: Nicholas Hubbard (http://www.zedsaid.com/blog/change-the-asset-map-sort-order-using-javascript-in-squiz-matrix) 
*
* @param number         id              ID of the asset to move
* @param number         parent          ID of the parent that the asset is under
* @param number         new_position    New position of asset (0 is first in the sort order)
*
* @return string

ababushkin

<?php

	// First, include the Matrix bootstrap
	// When ever a user makes any request to a Matrix page, this file is loaded (i.e. in the index.php file)
	$SYSTEM_ROOT = "/home/websites/squiz_matrix/";
	require_once $SYSTEM_ROOT . "core/include/init.inc";

	// Now we need to log in
	// The easiest user to work with is Root User
	$root_user = $GLOBALS["SQ_SYSTEM"]->am->getSystemAsset("root_user");

henrik

Install ImageMagick for image conversion:

brew install imagemagick

Install tesseract for OCR:

brew install tesseract --all-languages

Or install without --all-languages and install them manually as needed.

dimo414

'''
Tests different methods of concatenating files in Python.
'''

from __future__ import print_function
import json,os,shutil,subprocess
import util

def verify(file,expected):
    count = 0

freeformz

A slightly updated version of this doc is here on my website.

Why I Like Go

I visited with PagerDuty yesterday for a little Friday beer and pizza. While there I got started talking about Go. I was asked by Alex, their CEO, why I liked it. Several other people have asked me the same question recently, so I figured it was worth posting.

Goroutines

The first 1/2 of Go's concurrency story. Lightweight, concurrent function execution. You can spawn tons of these if needed and the Go runtime multiplexes them onto the configured number of CPUs/Threads as needed. They start with a super small stack that can grow (and shrink) via dynamic allocation (and freeing). They are as simple as go f(x), where f() is a function.

grownseed

Give me back my sanity

One of the many things I do for my group at work is to take care of automating as many things as possible. It usually brings me a lot of satisfaction, mostly because I get a kick out of making people's lives easier.

But sometimes, maybe too often, I end up in drawn-out struggles with machines and programs. And sometimes, these struggles bring me to the edge of despair, so much so that I regularly consider living on a computer-less island growing vegetables for a living.

This is the story of how I had to install Pandoc in a CentOS 6 Docker container. But more generally, this is the story of how I think computing is inherently broken, how programmers (myself included) tend to think that their way is the way, how we're ultimately replicating what most of us think is wrong with society, building upon layers and layers of (best-case scenario) obscure and/or weak foundations.

*I would like to extend my gratitude to Google, StackOverflow, GitHub issues but mostly, the people who make the