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@frankrolf
frankrolf / arrange_stickies.scpt
Last active May 7, 2020 22:00
Applescript: distribute all stickies evenly on the main screen, with optional padding
# Distribute all stickies evenly on the main screen, with optional padding
# how many columns?
set num_columns to 7
# how many pixels of padding between the stickies?
set padding to 20
# Find the dimensions of the main screen
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1866912/applescript-how-to-get-current-display-resolution
@cmod
cmod / hugofastsearch.md
Last active October 20, 2025 09:10 — forked from eddiewebb/readme.md
Fast, instant client side search for Hugo static site generator
@lattner
lattner / TaskConcurrencyManifesto.md
Last active November 1, 2025 15:52
Swift Concurrency Manifesto
@antirez
antirez / lmdb.tcl
Created April 28, 2017 15:40
LMDB -- First version of Redis written in Tcl
# LVDB - LLOOGG Memory DB
# Copyriht (C) 2009 Salvatore Sanfilippo <antirez@gmail.com>
# All Rights Reserved
# TODO
# - cron with cleanup of timedout clients, automatic dump
# - the dump should use array startsearch to write it line by line
# and may just use gets to read element by element and load the whole state.
# - 'help','stopserver','saveandstopserver','save','load','reset','keys' commands.
# - ttl with milliseconds resolution 'ttl a 1000'. Check ttl in dump!
@chantastic
chantastic / on-jsx.markdown
Last active May 13, 2025 12:04
JSX, a year in

Hi Nicholas,

I saw you tweet about JSX yesterday. It seemed like the discussion devolved pretty quickly but I wanted to share our experience over the last year. I understand your concerns. I've made similar remarks about JSX. When we started using it Planning Center, I led the charge to write React without it. I don't imagine I'd have much to say that you haven't considered but, if it's helpful, here's a pattern that changed my opinion:

The idea that "React is the V in MVC" is disingenuous. It's a good pitch but, for many of us, it feels like in invitation to repeat our history of coupled views. In practice, React is the V and the C. Dan Abramov describes the division as Smart and Dumb Components. At our office, we call them stateless and container components (view-controllers if we're Flux). The idea is pretty simple: components can't

@davidtheclark
davidtheclark / dumb_to_smart_quotes.py
Created May 5, 2013 17:10
Convert dumb quotes to smart quotes in Python
def dumb_to_smart_quotes(string):
"""Takes a string and returns it with dumb quotes, single and double,
replaced by smart quotes. Accounts for the possibility of HTML tags
within the string."""
# Find dumb double quotes coming directly after letters or punctuation,
# and replace them with right double quotes.
string = re.sub(r'([a-zA-Z0-9.,?!;:\'\"])"', r'\1&#8221;', string)
# Find any remaining dumb double quotes and replace them with
# left double quotes.
@ccstone
ccstone / BBEdit-TextWrangler_RegEx_Cheat_Sheet.txt
Last active June 15, 2025 17:57
BBEdit-TextWrangler Regular Expression Cheat-Sheet
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BBEdit / BBEdit-Lite / TextWrangler Regular Expression Guide Modified: 2018/08/10 01:19
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NOTES:
The PCRE engine (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions) is what BBEdit and TextWrangler use.
Items I'm unsure of are marked '# PCRE?'. The list while fairly comprehensive is not complete.
@John07
John07 / iOS messages export.sh
Last active March 16, 2024 22:38
Get all your messages (SMS and iMessage) from your iOS device without jailbreak or proprietary tools. Assumes you have an encrypted backup of your iOS device on your Mac.
# Note: this is not a fully functioning script! You will need to edit paths and other variables manually and it's adviced to run each command manually one after another
# install dependencies
# http://www.securitylearn.net/tag/deep-analysis-of-itunes-backup/
sudo ARCHFLAGS='-arch i386 -arch x86_64' easy_install pycrypto
sudo easy_install M2crypto construct progressbar
# clone the decrypt tool source code
# hg stands for mercurial
hg clone https://code.google.com/p/iphone-dataprotection/
@marazmiki
marazmiki / daemon.py
Created September 4, 2012 07:53
Python daemon example
#!/usr/bin/env python
# coding: utf-8
import argparse
import os
import sys
import time
import atexit
import logging
import signal
@ScottPhillips
ScottPhillips / .htaccess
Created February 2, 2012 04:30
Common .htaccess Redirects
#301 Redirects for .htaccess
#Redirect a single page:
Redirect 301 /pagename.php http://www.domain.com/pagename.html
#Redirect an entire site:
Redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/
#Redirect an entire site to a sub folder
Redirect 301 / http://www.domain.com/subfolder/