mpobrien

import itertools
import boto
import pymongo

db = pymongo.Connection()['mci']
ec2 = boto.connect_ec2()
chain = itertools.chain.from_iterable
all_instances = list(chain([res.instances for res in ec2.get_all_instances()]))
all_instance_ids = set(instance.id for instance in all_instances)

nakajima

/******************************************************************************

.js/pivotaltracker.com.js

Get dotjs here: http://defunkt.io/dotjs

Extracted from my dotjs files: https://github.com/nakajima/nakajima-dot-js

******************************************************************************/

jbreams

#!/bin/bash
#
# Init file for AWS Authorized Keyfile
#
# chkconfig: 2345 11 25
# description: AWS Authorized Keyfile

case $1 in
  start)
    touch /var/lock/subsys/awssshkey

ehershey

# Alternative to homebrew - install Mono directly via http://download.mono-project.com/archive/3.12.1/macos-10-x86/MonoFramework-MDK-3.12.1.macos10.xamarin.x86.pkg
# Install homebrew - 
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
# Install mono
brew install mono
# Download windows executable
open https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xmsr8cw02dfkl3/DreamCheekyBTN.zip
# Unzip
unzip DreamCheekyBTN.zip
# Create script

prenagha

#
# Bulk Unwatch
# JIRA doesn't support unwatch from the bulk change action
# This script fills the gap
# Known to work with JIRA 5 via the REST API
#
# 1. Using JIRA, Issue Navigator, write a query to get all
#    the issues you want to unwatch. Something like 
#    "issue in watchedIssues() AND status != Closed" 
#    works well as a starting point.

irvingpop

{
    "mycookbook": {
        "attribute1": "${attribute1}",
        "attribute2": "${attribute2}"
    },
    "run_list": [
        "recipe[${recipe}]"
    ]
}

wolever

-- HANDLE SCROLLING WITH MOUSE BUTTON PRESSED
local scrollMouseButton = 3
local deferred = false

overrideOtherMouseDown = hs.eventtap.new({ hs.eventtap.event.types.otherMouseDown }, function(e)
    -- print(hs.eventtap.event.properties['mouseEventButtonNumber'])
    local mouseButton = e:getProperty(hs.eventtap.event.properties['mouseEventButtonNumber'])
    if mouseButton == scrollMouseButton then 
        deferred = true
        return true

jnovack

Mosh (mobile shell) is a gift from the Gods(tm). Anyone with spotty internet or wireless connection has suffered the pain of a lost SSH session. Sure, one can fire up screen (or tmux as the kids are using these days), but that's an extra step and you are still using the SSH protocol.

I'm not here to tout the benefits of Mosh, you came here to open it up in your firewall.

1. Create the following file as /etc/firewalld/services/mosh.xml
2. firewall-cmd --add-service=mosh --permanent
3. firewall-cmd --reload

If you tend to have a lot of sessions (not recommended), you can increase the ports, but the default should be fine for most applications.

chitchcock

Stevey's Google Platforms Rant

I was at Amazon for about six and a half years, and now I've been at Google for that long. One thing that struck me immediately about the two companies -- an impression that has been reinforced almost daily -- is that Amazon does everything wrong, and Google does everything right. Sure, it's a sweeping generalization, but a surprisingly accurate one. It's pretty crazy. There are probably a hundred or even two hundred different ways you can compare the two companies, and Google is superior in all but three of them, if I recall correctly. I actually did a spreadsheet at one point but Legal wouldn't let me show it to anyone, even though recruiting loved it.

I mean, just to give you a very brief taste: Amazon's recruiting process is fundamentally flawed by having teams hire for themselves, so their hiring bar is incredibly inconsistent across teams, despite various efforts they've made to level it out. And their operations are a mess; they don't real