joepie91

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

• A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
• A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
• There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

paulirish

What forces layout / reflow

All of the below properties or methods, when requested/called in JavaScript, will trigger the browser to synchronously calculate the style and layout*. This is also called reflow or layout thrashing, and is common performance bottleneck.

Generally, all APIs that synchronously provide layout metrics will trigger forced reflow / layout. Read on for additional cases and details.

Element APIs

Getting box metrics

• elem.offsetLeft, elem.offsetTop, elem.offsetWidth, elem.offsetHeight, elem.offsetParent

robwormald

Angular2 + JSPM cheat sheet

First time setup

• install jspm beta: npm install -g jspm@beta
• set up your project: jspm init
• install dependencies: jspm install angular2 reflect-metadata zone.js es6-shim

This will create a jspm_packages folder, and a config.js file.

Open the config.js file - this file manages options for the System.js loader - tweak it as appropriate

kylemcdonald

import argparse
import string
import requests
import time

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
	description='Get all Google Suggest results for a query.')
parser.add_argument('query')
parser.add_argument('--sleep', type=float, default=0.1)
parser.add_argument('--verbose', action='store_true')

paulirish

/* bling.js */

window.$ = document.querySelectorAll.bind(document);

Node.prototype.on = window.on = function (name, fn) {
  this.addEventListener(name, fn);
}

NodeList.prototype.__proto__ = Array.prototype;

mattsta

[Unit]
Description=Redis Demo
After=network.target

[Service]
# Port 0 stops Redis from listening to ports by itself
ExecStart=/home/matt/repos/redis/src/redis-server --dir /tmp --port 0
PrivateTmp=yes

# Redis requires non-blocking sockets or else _nothing_ works

kevinelliott

Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Custom recipe to get OS X 10.10 Yosemite running from scratch, setup applications and developer environment. I use this gist to keep track of the important software and steps required to have a functioning system after a semi-annual fresh install. On average, I reinstall each computer from scratch every 6 months, and I do not perform upgrades between distros.

This keeps the system performing at top speeds, clean of trojans, spyware, and ensures that I maintain good organizational practices for my content and backups. I highly recommend this.

You are encouraged to fork this and modify it to your heart's content to match your own needs.

Install Software

jbardin

package proxy

import (
	"io"
	"log"
	"net"
)

func Proxy(srvConn, cliConn *net.TCPConn) {
	// channels to wait on the close event for each connection

hyg

func openbrowser(url string) {
	var err error

	switch runtime.GOOS {
	case "linux":
		err = exec.Command("xdg-open", url).Start()
	case "windows":
		err = exec.Command("rundll32", "url.dll,FileProtocolHandler", url).Start()
	case "darwin":
		err = exec.Command("open", url).Start()

jkreps

Producer

Setup
bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper esv4-hcl197.grid.linkedin.com:2181 --create --topic test-rep-one --partitions 6 --replication-factor 1
bin/kafka-topics.sh --zookeeper esv4-hcl197.grid.linkedin.com:2181 --create --topic test --partitions 6 --replication-factor 3

Single thread, no replication

bin/kafka-run-class.sh org.apache.kafka.clients.tools.ProducerPerformance test7 50000000 100 -1 acks=1 bootstrap.servers=esv4-hcl198.grid.linkedin.com:9092 buffer.memory=67108864 batch.size=8196