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@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active April 24, 2024 13:53
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference 0.5 ns
Branch mispredict 5 ns
L2 cache reference 7 ns 14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock 25 ns
Main memory reference 100 ns 20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy 3,000 ns 3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network 10,000 ns 10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD* 150,000 ns 150 us ~1GB/sec SSD
@dergachev
dergachev / GIF-Screencast-OSX.md
Last active April 19, 2024 11:00
OS X Screencast to animated GIF

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Screencapture GIF

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

@Tamal
Tamal / git-ssh-error-fix.sh
Last active April 16, 2024 13:32
Solution for 'ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out' error
$ git clone git@github.com:xxxxx/xxxx.git my-awesome-proj
Cloning into 'my-awesome-proj'...
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
$ # This should also timeout
$ ssh -T git@github.com
ssh: connect to host github.com port 22: Connection timed out
$ # but this might work
@dfrankland
dfrankland / how_to_use_wireshark_with_nodejs.md
Created May 28, 2020 05:06
How to use Wireshark with Node.js (especially with HTTPS / TLS / SSL)

How to use Wireshark with Node.js (especially with HTTPS / TLS / SSL)

It can be difficult to trace network traffic from a Node.js application. Typically, folks will just instrument some logging to check that everything is working as it is supposed to. Unfortunately, sometimes there are too many abstractions or possible race conditions to accurately get a good trace. To get the most objective possible trace of network traffic Wireshark can be used.

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer that makes it extremely simple to capture and trace network activity from any source on your computer. It also has

@alvarow
alvarow / print-headers.jsp
Last active April 10, 2020 20:13
Print HTTP request headers in JSP
<%@ page import="java.util.*" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>Http Request Headers Example in JSP</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>HTTP Request Headers Received</h2>
<table>