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@willurd
willurd / web-servers.md
Last active April 23, 2024 04:35
Big list of http static server one-liners

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
@pkuczynski
pkuczynski / parse_yaml.sh
Last active April 9, 2024 18:36
Read YAML file from Bash script
#!/bin/sh
parse_yaml() {
local prefix=$2
local s='[[:space:]]*' w='[a-zA-Z0-9_]*' fs=$(echo @|tr @ '\034')
sed -ne "s|^\($s\)\($w\)$s:$s\"\(.*\)\"$s\$|\1$fs\2$fs\3|p" \
-e "s|^\($s\)\($w\)$s:$s\(.*\)$s\$|\1$fs\2$fs\3|p" $1 |
awk -F$fs '{
indent = length($1)/2;
vname[indent] = $2;
for (i in vname) {if (i > indent) {delete vname[i]}}
@bradmontgomery
bradmontgomery / install-comodo-ssl-cert-for-nginx.rst
Last active April 1, 2024 11:21
Steps to install a Comodo PositiveSSL certificate with Nginx.

Setting up a SSL Cert from Comodo

I use Namecheap.com as a registrar, and they resale SSL Certs from a number of other companies, including Comodo.

These are the steps I went through to set up an SSL cert.

Purchase the cert

@denji
denji / golang-tls.md
Last active March 29, 2024 03:03 — forked from spikebike/client.go
Simple Golang HTTPS/TLS Examples

Moved to git repository: https://github.com/denji/golang-tls

Generate private key (.key)
# Key considerations for algorithm "RSA" ≥ 2048-bit
openssl genrsa -out server.key 2048

# Key considerations for algorithm "ECDSA" ≥ secp384r1
# List ECDSA the supported curves (openssl ecparam -list_curves)
@steeve
steeve / _readme.md
Last active March 7, 2024 12:38
How to cross compile Go with CGO programs for a different OS/Arch

How to cross compile Go with CGO programs for a different OS/Arch

It is possible to compile Go programs for a different OS, even though go build says otherwise.

You'll need:

@paolorossi
paolorossi / html5-video-streamer.js
Created March 7, 2012 13:21
Node.js HTML5 video streamer
/*
* Inspired by: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4360060/video-streaming-with-html-5-via-node-js
*/
var http = require('http'),
fs = require('fs'),
util = require('util');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
var path = 'video.mp4';
@kalmbach
kalmbach / gist:4471560
Created January 7, 2013 01:27
Rake task sugar for Sequel Migrations (version, migrate, rollback, reset)
namespace :db do
require "sequel"
Sequel.extension :migration
DB = Sequel.connect(ENV['DATABASE_URL'])
desc "Prints current schema version"
task :version do
version = if DB.tables.include?(:schema_info)
DB[:schema_info].first[:version]
end || 0
@dnagir
dnagir / rspec-syntax-cheat-sheet.rb
Created November 5, 2010 09:29
RSpec 2 syntax cheat sheet by example
# RSpec 2.0 syntax Cheet Sheet by http://ApproachE.com
# defining spec within a module will automatically pick Player::MovieList as a 'subject' (see below)
module Player
describe MovieList, "with optional description" do
it "is pending example, so that you can write ones quickly"
it "is already working example that we want to suspend from failing temporarily" do
pending("working on another feature that temporarily breaks this one")
@ngauthier
ngauthier / timeout_and_tick.go
Created February 10, 2015 18:14
Golang timeout and tick loop
// keepDoingSomething will keep trying to doSomething() until either
// we get a result from doSomething() or the timeout expires
func keepDoingSomething() (bool, error) {
timeout := time.After(5 * time.Second)
tick := time.Tick(500 * time.Millisecond)
// Keep trying until we're timed out or got a result or got an error
for {
select {
// Got a timeout! fail with a timeout error
case <-timeout:
@darktable
darktable / app.yaml
Created March 16, 2011 19:10
GAE: App.yaml designed for serving a static site on Google App Engine (Python). Copy your static html and files into a folder called "static" next to app.yaml. Contains a bunch of mimetype declarations from html5boilerplate's .htaccess. May not be neces
application: you-app-name-here
version: 1
runtime: python
api_version: 1
default_expiration: "30d"
handlers:
- url: /(.*\.(appcache|manifest))
mime_type: text/cache-manifest