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gcatlin / gist:1847248
Created February 16, 2012 19:43
Install specific version of Homebrew formula
brew update
brew versions FORMULA
cd `brew --prefix`
git checkout HASH Library/Formula/FORMULA.rb # use output of "brew versions"
brew install FORMULA
brew switch FORMULA VERSION
git checkout -- Library/Formula/FORMULA.rb # reset formula
## Example: Using Subversion 1.6.17
#
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seanmhanson / ableismSanityCheck.md
Created April 3, 2017 16:17
Ableist Language in Code: Sanity Check

Ableist Language in Code: Sanity Check

Removing ableist language in code is important; it helps to create and maintain an environment that welcomes all developers of all backgrounds, while emphasizing that we as developers select the most articulate, precise, descriptive language we can rather than relying on metaphors. Quite simply, avoiding ableist language lets us make sure we are inclusive of all developers, while moving toward language that is simultaneously more acccessible to developers whose first language might not be our own.

The phrase sanity check is ableist, and unnecessarily references mental health in our code bases. It denotes that people with mental illnesses are inferior, wrong, or incorrect, and the phrase sanity continues to be used by employers and other individuals to discriminate against these people.

There are a ton of alternatives, and one of the best ways to select one is to ask yourself: What am I actually checking? and select something more descriptive. In everyday c

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siklodi-mariusz / Dockerfile
Created January 30, 2018 19:40
Dockerfile example for Ruby on Rails running on Alpine Linux
FROM ruby:2.4-alpine3.7
# Install dependencies:
# - build-base: To ensure certain gems can be compiled
# - nodejs: Compile assets
# - postgresql-dev postgresql-client: Communicate with postgres through the postgres gem
# - libxslt-dev libxml2-dev: Nokogiri native dependencies
# - imagemagick: for image processing
RUN apk --update add build-base nodejs tzdata postgresql-dev postgresql-client libxslt-dev libxml2-dev imagemagick
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oshinko / install-pgsql-11-from-source-code-on-amazon-linux-2.sh
Last active January 19, 2024 16:26
Install PostgreSQL 11 from Source Code on Amazon Linux 2
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools" -y
sudo yum install readline readline-devel systemd-devel -y
wget -O - https://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/source/v11.4/postgresql-11.4.tar.bz2 | tar jxf -
cd postgresql-11.4
# ref: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/install-short.html
./configure --with-systemd
make
sudo make install
sudo adduser postgres