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gavinheavyside / trivial_file_upload_service.rb
Created November 3, 2009 20:09
Trivial file upload service using Sinatra
require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
require 'fileutils'
# upload with:
# curl -v -F "data=@/path/to/filename" http://localhost:4567/user/filename
post '/:name/:filename' do
userdir = File.join("files", params[:name])
@defunkt
defunkt / clients.md
Created April 18, 2010 14:09
A list of Gist clients.

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Want to create a Gist from your editor, the command line, or the Services menu? Here's how.

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@cbrunnkvist
cbrunnkvist / db_cloning.rb
Created May 14, 2010 14:06
capistrano mysqldump hack
# Used for copying ALL data from one Rails env to another.
# To prep the "training" environment with a copy of the latest production dataset:
# $ cap training db:clone_from_production
#
# Bonus feature: You can specify which host to go via, useful for tunneling:
# $ cap development db:clone_from_staging HOSTS=ssh-gateway.remotesite.com
namespace :db do
CONFIG = YAML.load(ERB.new(File.read("config/database.yml")).result)
#Premature optimization: supports several source environments! :-)
@zhengjia
zhengjia / capybara cheat sheet
Created June 7, 2010 01:35
capybara cheat sheet
=Navigating=
visit('/projects')
visit(post_comments_path(post))
=Clicking links and buttons=
click_link('id-of-link')
click_link('Link Text')
click_button('Save')
click('Link Text') # Click either a link or a button
click('Button Value')
@jeffrafter
jeffrafter / server.js
Created August 28, 2010 21:37
Twitter OAuth with node-oauth for node.js+express
var express = require('express');
var sys = require('sys');
var oauth = require('oauth');
var app = express.createServer();
var _twitterConsumerKey = "YOURTWITTERCONSUMERKEY";
var _twitterConsumerSecret = "YOURTWITTERCONSUMERSECRET";
function consumer() {
@mikhailov
mikhailov / installation.sh
Created November 23, 2010 15:18
nginx+passenger (real production config)
# NOTICE: to get Nginx+Unicorn best-practices configuration see the gist https://gist.github.com/3052776
$ cd /usr/src
$ wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.2.1.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf ./nginx-1.2.1.tar.gz && rm -f ./nginx-1.2.1.tar.gz
$ wget ftp://ftp.csx.cam.ac.uk/pub/software/programming/pcre/pcre-8.30.tar.gz
$ tar xzvf pcre-8.30.tar.gz && rm -f ./pcre-8.30.tar.gz
$ wget http://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.1c.tar.gz
Module.class_eval do
def redefine_instance_method(name, &block)
old_instance_method = instance_method(name)
define_method(name) do
block.call(self, old_instance_method)
end
end
def redefine_class_method(name, &block)
old_method = method(name)
@nelstrom
nelstrom / vim-plugin-directories
Created June 30, 2011 11:32
An overview of what belongs in each directory of a Vim plugin.
plugin
naming convention: name_of_plugin.vim
these files are sourced for all file types
doc
naming convention: name_of_plugin.txt
these files document the functionality of a plugin
color
naming convention: name_of_colorscheme.vim
@bmarini
bmarini / default.vcl.pl
Created June 30, 2011 18:01
A good varnish config for a Rails app
# https://www.varnish-cache.org/docs/2.1/tutorial/vcl.html
# https://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExamples
# Summary
# 1. Varnish will poll the backend at /health_check to make sure it is
# healthy. If the backend goes down, varnish will server stale content
# from the cache for up to 1 hour.
# 2. Varnish will pass X-Forwarded-For headers through to the backend
# 3. Varnish will remove cookies from urls that match static content file
# extensions (jpg, gif, ...)
@zumbojo
zumbojo / bijective.rb
Created July 9, 2011 22:09
Simple bijective function (base(n) encode/decode)
# Simple bijective function
# Basically encodes any integer into a base(n) string,
# where n is ALPHABET.length.
# Based on pseudocode from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/742013/how-to-code-a-url-shortener/742047#742047
ALPHABET =
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789".split(//)
# make your own alphabet using:
# (('a'..'z').to_a + ('A'..'Z').to_a + (0..9).to_a).shuffle.join