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To reset processed jobs:
Sidekiq.redis {|c| c.del('stat:processed') }

To reset failed jobs:
Sidekiq.redis {|c| c.del('stat:failed') }

To reset statistics:
Sidekiq::Stats.new.reset

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Make it real

Ideas are cheap. Make a prototype, sketch a CLI session, draw a wireframe. Discuss around concrete examples, not hand-waving abstractions. Don't say you did something, provide a URL that proves it.

Ship it

Nothing is real until it's being used by a real user. This doesn't mean you make a prototype in the morning and blog about it in the evening. It means you find one person you believe your product will help and try to get them to use it.

Do it with style

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Rich Hickey on becoming a better developer

Rich Hickey • 3 years ago

Sorry, I have to disagree with the entire premise here.

A wide variety of experiences might lead to well-roundedness, but not to greatness, nor even goodness. By constantly switching from one thing to another you are always reaching above your comfort zone, yes, but doing so by resetting your skill and knowledge level to zero.

Mastery comes from a combination of at least several of the following:

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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

## Copyright (C) 2011 by Jiang Yio <http://inportb.com/>
## The latest code is available at <https://gist.github.com/962122>
##
## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell

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require 'spec_helper'

describe PassagesHelper do
  describe "#unique_words" do
    let(:passage) { FactoryGirl.create(:passage) }
    passage.title.should eq("testFG")
  end
end

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(global-hl-line-mode 1)
(set-face-background 'hl-line "#262626")

(defun awesome-color-theme ()
  (interactive)
  (color-theme-install
   '(awesome-color-theme
      ((background-color . "#000000")
      (background-mode . light)
      (border-color . "#1a1a1a")

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# Pyrocfile - Simple Python impementation of Procfile manager
# Written by Chris Testa (http://testa.co/) in 2011
# Released in the Public Domain

import argparse, logging, os.path, random, re, select, signal, subprocess

def _new_logger(name, color=None):
    logger = logging.getLogger(name)
    hdlr = logging.StreamHandler()
    color, end_color = '\033[9%dm' % (color or random.randint(1, 6)), '\033[0m'