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@tomlea
tomlea / proxy.rb
Created October 11, 2009 21:11
Rack Middleware to proxy requests to a remote server. This is usefull for proxying AJAX request to remote services.
require "net/http"
require "enumerator"
# Example Usage:
#
# use Rack::Proxy do |req|
# if req.path =~ %r{^/remote/service.php$}
# URI.parse("http://remote-service-provider.com/service-end-point.php?#{req.query}")
# end
# end
@gijs
gijs / Rakefile
Created December 20, 2011 22:35 — forked from erochest/Rakefile
Vagrant/Rake config files for setting up a GeoServer instance.
require 'etc'
require 'fileutils'
require 'vagrant'
task :default => :usage
task :usage do
puts "You forgot to tell the computer what to do; try one of these commands:"
@coreyhaines
coreyhaines / .rspec
Last active April 11, 2024 00:19
Active Record Spec Helper - Loading just active record
--colour
-I app
@pithyless
pithyless / either.rb
Created March 27, 2012 14:44
Chaining Either for Ruby
# A chainable Either monad for Ruby
#
# Examples
#
# Either.right('s') >> proc { |s| Either.right(s + '-1') } >> proc { |s| Either.right(s + '-2') }
# #=> #<Either @left=nil, @right="s-1-2">
#
# Either.right('s') >> proc { |s| Either.left('error!') } >> proc { |s| Either.right(s + '-2') }
# #=> #<Either @left='error!', @right=nil>
#
@andkerosine
andkerosine / raskell.rb
Created August 15, 2012 05:56
Haskell-like list comprehensions in Ruby
$stack, $draws = [], {}
def method_missing *args
return if args[0][/^to_/]
$stack << args.map { |a| a or $stack.pop }
$draws[$stack.pop(2)[0][0]] = args[1] if args[0] == :<
end
class Array
def +@
@owainlewis
owainlewis / hipchat.el
Created May 8, 2013 10:58
HipChat Jabber Emacs
;; HipChat
(setq ssl-program-name "gnutls-cli"
ssl-program-arguments '("--insecure" "-p" service host)
ssl-certificate-verification-policy 1)
;; Connect using jabber.el
;; M-x jabber-connect <RET>
;; Config

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@johnynek
johnynek / twophase.scala
Last active October 2, 2020 22:36
A two-phase commit Transaction Monad. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-phase_commit_protocol
// Run this with scala <filename>
/**
* A Two-phase commit Monad
*/
trait Transaction[+T] {
def map[U](fn: T => U): Transaction[U] = flatMap { t => Constant(fn(t)) }
def flatMap[U](fn: T => Transaction[U]): Transaction[U] =
FlatMapped(this, fn)
@jessitron
jessitron / stayingDead.scala
Created March 19, 2014 15:23
Akka testing: it's a good idea to tell your actor system to leave a dead top-level actor dead. See: http://blog.jessitron.com/2014/03/testing-in-akka-sneaky-automatic.html
// In real life, it's great that stuff gets restarted when it fails.
// In testing, we'd rather know that it failed.
import akka.actor._
class DyingActor extends Actor {
def receive = { case "die" => throw new Exception("poo") }
}
// Default config, everything restarts automatically
val system = ActorSystem("ordinary")
@viktorklang
viktorklang / in-fino-veritas.zsh-theme
Last active July 31, 2023 01:47
In Fino Veritas ZSH theme
#!/usr/bin/env zsh
# in fino veritas
# Borrowing shamelessly from these oh-my-zsh themes:
# fino-time
# pure
# https://gist.github.com/smileart/3750104
# Set required options