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@vancluever
vancluever / amifind.sh
Created January 26, 2016 08:05
Find the most recent Ubuntu AMI using aws-cli (or any other AMI for that matter)
#!/bin/sh
# Use AWS CLI to get the most recent version of an AMI that
# matches certain criteria. Has obvious uses. Made possible via
# --query, --output text, and the fact that RFC3339 datetime
# fields are easily sortable.
export AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-east-1
aws ec2 describe-images \
@0XDE57
0XDE57 / config.md
Last active May 30, 2024 19:04
Firefox about:config privacy settings

ABOUT

about:config settings to harden the Firefox browser. Privacy and performance enhancements.
To change these settings type 'about:config' in the url bar. Then search the setting you would like to change and modify the value. Some settings may break certain websites from functioning and rendering normally. Some settings may also make firefox unstable. I am not liable for any damages/loss of data.

Not all these changes are necessary and will be dependent upon your usage and hardware. Do some research on settings if you don't understand what they do. These settings are best combined with your standard privacy extensions (HTTPS Everywhere No longer required: Enable HTTPS-Only Mode, NoScript/Request Policy, uBlock origin, agent spoofing, Privacy Badger etc), and all plugins set to "Ask To Activate".

@chinshr
chinshr / Jenkinsfile
Last active October 16, 2023 09:25
Best of Jenkinsfile, a collection of useful workflow scripts ready to be copied into your Jenkinsfile on a per use basis.
#!groovy
# Best of Jenkinsfile
# `Jenkinsfile` is a groovy script DSL for defining CI/CD workflows for Jenkins
node {
}

Simple Security Guidelines

Using an iDevice? (Best option)

  • Use an iPod or an iPad without a SIM card
  • Use an iPhone
  • Do not jailbreak
  • Always upgrade to new iOS versions
  • Use Brave browser

Need Secure chat?

@patik
patik / how-to-squash-commits-in-git.md
Last active May 30, 2024 07:59
How to squash commits in git

Squashing Git Commits

The easy and flexible way

This method avoids merge conflicts if you have periodically pulled master into your branch. It also gives you the opportunity to squash into more than 1 commit, or to re-arrange your code into completely different commits (e.g. if you ended up working on three different features but the commits were not consecutive).

Note: You cannot use this method if you intend to open a pull request to merge your feature branch. This method requires committing directly to master.

Switch to the master branch and make sure you are up to date:

@prakhar1989
prakhar1989 / richhickey.md
Last active November 8, 2023 17:19 — forked from stijlist/gist:bb932fb93e22fe6260b2
richhickey.md

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:

#!/bin/bash
JQPATH=$(which jq)
if [ "x$JQPATH" == "x" ]; then
echo "Couldn't find jq executable." 1>&2
exit 2
fi
set -eu
shopt -s nullglob
@sebsto
sebsto / gist:9a958ff1c761b8c7c90d
Last active December 16, 2019 17:51
Create IAM User and Attach a Policy using Boto and JSON
import json, boto
# Connect to IAM with boto
iam = boto.connect_iam(ACCESS_KEY, SECRET_KEY)
# Create user
user_response = iam.create_user('aws-user')
# Create Policy
policy = { 'Version' : '2012-10-17'}
@chanks
chanks / gist:7585810
Last active February 29, 2024 03:50
Turning PostgreSQL into a queue serving 10,000 jobs per second

Turning PostgreSQL into a queue serving 10,000 jobs per second

RDBMS-based job queues have been criticized recently for being unable to handle heavy loads. And they deserve it, to some extent, because the queries used to safely lock a job have been pretty hairy. SELECT FOR UPDATE followed by an UPDATE works fine at first, but then you add more workers, and each is trying to SELECT FOR UPDATE the same row (and maybe throwing NOWAIT in there, then catching the errors and retrying), and things slow down.

On top of that, they have to actually update the row to mark it as locked, so the rest of your workers are sitting there waiting while one of them propagates its lock to disk (and the disks of however many servers you're replicating to). QueueClassic got some mileage out of the novel idea of randomly picking a row near the front of the queue to lock, but I can't still seem to get more than an an extra few hundred jobs per second out of it under heavy load.

So, many developers have started going straight t

@mdeeks
mdeeks / jmx.yaml
Created November 13, 2013 05:07
DataDog agent JMX config to monitor all java garbage collector types. Bucketed as "major" and "minor" collections.
init_config:
instances:
- host: localhost
port: 9999
conf:
# Young Gen Collectors (Minor Collections)
- include:
domain: java.lang
type: GarbageCollector