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MicahElliott / colortrans.py
Created November 29, 2010 07:57
Convert values between RGB hex codes and xterm-256 color codes.
#! /usr/bin/env python
""" Convert values between RGB hex codes and xterm-256 color codes.
Nice long listing of all 256 colors and their codes. Useful for
developing console color themes, or even script output schemes.
Resources:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_color
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code
@fdmanana
fdmanana / gist:832610
Created February 17, 2011 20:27
The CouchDB replicator database

1. Introduction to the replicator database

A database where you PUT/POST documents to trigger replications and you DELETE to cancel ongoing replications. These documents have exactly the same content as the JSON objects we used to POST to /_replicate/ (fields "source", "target", "create_target", "continuous", "doc_ids", "filter", "query_params".

Replication documents can have a user defined "_id". Design documents (and _local documents) added to the replicator database are ignored.

The default name of this database is _replicator. The name can be changed in the .ini configuration, section [replicator], parameter db.

2. Basics

@redoPop
redoPop / .gitignore
Created June 18, 2010 22:08
Template .gitignore file for WordPress projects
# This is a template .gitignore file for git-managed WordPress projects.
#
# Fact: you don't want WordPress core files, or your server-specific
# configuration files etc., in your project's repository. You just don't.
#
# Solution: stick this file up your repository root (which it assumes is
# also the WordPress root directory) and add exceptions for any plugins,
# themes, and other directories that should be under version control.
#
# See the comments below for more info on how to add exceptions for your
@kentbrew
kentbrew / node-on-ec2-port-80.md
Last active February 4, 2024 19:14
How I Got Node.js Talking on EC2's Port 80

The Problem

Standard practices say no non-root process gets to talk to the Internet on a port less than 1024. How, then, could I get Node talking on port 80 on EC2? (I wanted it to go as fast as possible and use the smallest possible share of my teeny tiny little micro-instance's resources, so proxying through nginx or Apache seemed suboptimal.)

The temptingly easy but ultimately wrong solution:

Alter the port the script talks to from 8000 to 80:

}).listen(80);
@grisevg
grisevg / FAsyncQueue.h
Last active October 20, 2023 03:39
Utility class for asynchronous/coroutine style programming in UE4 C++
#pragma once
/**
* FAsyncQueue can be used to run asynchronous delegates in sequence, parallel and combinations of the above
*
* Use Add() to enqueue delegates matching FAsyncDelegate signature:
* a void function that accepts a single argument of another void function with no arguments.
*
* Static factories MakeSync, MakeSequence and MakeParallel can be used to wrap different type of delegates and
* delegate collections into a single FAsyncDelegate which can be enqueued with Add().
@Aatch
Aatch / borrow-example.rs
Last active July 5, 2023 04:22 — forked from kolmodin/rust-json.rs
An example and explanation of how to use lifetimes and borrowing to avoid copying, while maintaining safety.
extern mod extra;
use extra::json::*;
/*
* This function manages to do absolutely no copying, which is pretty cool.
*
* "What are all those `'r`s?" you ask. Well, they're liftime parameters. They
* indicate how long something lasts (before it's freed). They can't change how
* long something lives for, they only allow you to tell the compiler stuff it
@domenic
domenic / portable-node.md
Created May 25, 2012 21:03
Tips for Writing Portable Node.js Code

Node.js core does its best to treat every platform equally. Even if most Node developers use OS X day to day, some use Windows, and most everyone deploys to Linux or Solaris. So it's important to keep your code portable between platforms, whether you're writing a library or an application.

Predictably, most cross-platform issues come from Windows. Things just work differently there! But if you're careful, and follow some simple best practices, your code can run just as well on Windows systems.

Paths and URLs

On Windows, paths are constructed with backslashes instead of forward slashes. So if you do your directory manipulation

Stability ratings: 0-5
0 - Deprecated. This feature is known to be problematic, and changes are
planned. Do not rely on it. Use of the feature may cause warnings. Backwards
compatibility should not be expected.
1 - Experimental. This feature was introduced recently, and may change
or be removed in future versions. Please try it out and provide feedback.
If it addresses a use-case that is important to you, tell the node core team.
@indexzero
indexzero / readme-outline.md
Created November 14, 2011 08:26
A quick outline of a README.md

README.md Outline

  • Header and a Brief description (should match package.json)
  • Example (if applicable)
  • Motivation (if applicable)
  • API Documentation: This will likely vary considerably from library to library.
  • Installation
  • Tests
  • Contributors
  • License
@rauchg
rauchg / ms.md
Created December 21, 2011 00:25
Milliseconds conversion utility.