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@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active May 5, 2024 13:30
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@Kartones
Kartones / postgres-cheatsheet.md
Last active May 3, 2024 20:51
PostgreSQL command line cheatsheet

PSQL

Magic words:

psql -U postgres

Some interesting flags (to see all, use -h or --help depending on your psql version):

  • -E: will describe the underlaying queries of the \ commands (cool for learning!)
  • -l: psql will list all databases and then exit (useful if the user you connect with doesn't has a default database, like at AWS RDS)
@piscisaureus
piscisaureus / pr.md
Created August 13, 2012 16:12
Checkout github pull requests locally

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = git@github.com:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

@burke
burke / 0-readme.md
Created January 27, 2012 13:44 — forked from funny-falcon/cumulative_performance.patch
ruby-1.9.3-p327 cumulative performance patch for rbenv

ruby-1.9.3-p327 cumulative performance patch for rbenv

This installs a patched ruby 1.9.3-p327 with various performance improvements and a backported COW-friendly GC, all courtesy of funny-falcon.

Requirements

You will also need a C Compiler. If you're on Linux, you probably already have one or know how to install one. On OS X, you should install XCode, and brew install autoconf using homebrew.

@cpjolicoeur
cpjolicoeur / gist:3590737
Created September 1, 2012 23:15
Ordering a query result set by an arbitrary list in PostgreSQL

I'm hunting for the best solution on how to handle keeping large sets of DB records "sorted" in a performant manner.

Problem Description

Most of us have work on projects at some point where we have needed to have ordered lists of objects. Whether it be a to-do list sorted by priority, or a list of documents that a user can sort in whatever order they want.

A traditional approach for this on a Rails project is to use something like the acts_as_list gem, or something similar. These systems typically add some sort of "postion" or "sort order" column to each record, which is then used when querying out the records in a traditional order by position SQL query.

This approach seems to work fine for smaller datasets, but can be hard to manage on large data sets with hundreds (or thousands) of records needing to be sorted. Changing the sort position of even a single object will require updating every single record in the database that is in the same sort group. This requires potentially thousands of wri

@skanev
skanev / rubocop.rb
Last active March 13, 2024 08:24
A Rubocop wrapper that checks only added/modified code
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# A sneaky wrapper around Rubocop that allows you to run it only against
# the recent changes, as opposed to the whole project. It lets you
# enforce the style guide for new/modified code only, as opposed to
# having to restyle everything or adding cops incrementally. It relies
# on git to figure out which files to check.
#
# Here are some options you can pass in addition to the ones in rubocop:
#
@them0nk
them0nk / rspec_rails_cheetsheet.rb
Created March 23, 2012 03:39
Rspec Rails cheatsheet (include capybara matchers)
#Model
@user.should have(1).error_on(:username) # Checks whether there is an error in username
@user.errors[:username].should include("can't be blank") # check for the error message
#Rendering
response.should render_template(:index)
#Redirecting
response.should redirect_to(movies_path)
@nuxlli
nuxlli / sublime_text_2_useful_shortcuts.md
Created September 9, 2011 18:51 — forked from lucasfais/gist:1207002
Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Sublime Text 2 - Useful Shortcuts

Tested in Mac OS X: super == command

Open/Goto


  • super+t: go to file
  • super+ctrl+p: go to project
  • super+r: go to methods
@schneems
schneems / command-line-only-objectspace-trace.sh
Last active December 19, 2022 13:54
trace where Ruby objects come from with this handy bash 3 liner
echo 'require "objspace"; ObjectSpace.trace_object_allocations_start; Kernel.send(:define_method, :sup) do |obj| ; puts "#{ ObjectSpace.allocation_sourcefile(obj) }:#{ ObjectSpace.allocation_sourceline(obj) }"; end' > tmp/tmp-gemfile
cat Gemfile >> tmp/tmp-gemfile
cat tmp/tmp-gemfile > Gemfile
# $ bundle exec irb
# irb(main):001:0> require 'rails'
# => true
# irb(main):002:0> sup(Rails)
# /Users/richardschneeman/.gem/ruby/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.0.0.1/lib/rails/initializable.rb:3
@ziyan-junaideen
ziyan-junaideen / install-postgresql-9.6-in-ubuntu-16.04.md
Created February 21, 2017 06:33
How to install PostgreSQL 9.6 in Ubuntu 16.04

Background

I believe Ubuntu 16.04 comes with PostgreSQL 9.5. Thats good for a start, but it is a matter of time before you have the need of a PostgreSQL 9.6 cluster. For me it was to import a PG backup from Heroku.

The procedure couldn't have been any easier and is described below. If you are interested in upgrading your old cluster to 9.6 afterwards, you may be interested in this.

Instructions