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@zhengjia
zhengjia / capybara cheat sheet
Created June 7, 2010 01:35
capybara cheat sheet
=Navigating=
visit('/projects')
visit(post_comments_path(post))
=Clicking links and buttons=
click_link('id-of-link')
click_link('Link Text')
click_button('Save')
click('Link Text') # Click either a link or a button
click('Button Value')
@tdd
tdd / gitconfig.ini
Last active March 10, 2026 04:28
Nice, useful global Git configuration
# Put this in your ~/.gitconfig or ~/.config/git/config
# Windows users: "~" is your profile's home directory, e.g. C:\Users\<YourName>
[user]
name = Your Full Name
email = your@email.tld
[color]
# Enable colors in color-supporting terminals
ui = auto
[alias]
# List available aliases
@nickyp
nickyp / self_signed_cert.rb
Last active November 6, 2024 10:59
create a self-signed certificate using ruby-openssl
# Copyright © 2020 Nicky Peeters
# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE
@spicycode
spicycode / tmux.conf
Created September 20, 2011 16:43
The best and greatest tmux.conf ever
# 0 is too far from ` ;)
set -g base-index 1
# Automatically set window title
set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
set-option -g set-titles on
#set -g default-terminal screen-256color
set -g status-keys vi
set -g history-limit 10000
@dalethedeveloper
dalethedeveloper / gist:1503252
Created December 20, 2011 21:00
Mobile Device Detection via User Agent RegEx

#Mobile Device Detection via User Agent RegEx

Yes, it is nearly 2012 and this exercise has been done to death in every imaginable language. For my own purposes I needed to get the majority of non-desktop devices on to a trimmed down, mobile optimized version of a site. I decided to try and chase down an up-to-date RegEx of the simplest thing that could possibly work.

I arrived at my current solution after analyzing 12 months of traffic over 30+ US based entertainment properties (5.8M+ visitors) from Jan - Dec 2011.

The numbers solidified my thoughts on the irrelevancy of including browsers/OSes such as Nokia, Samsung, Maemo, Symbian, Ipaq, Avant, Zino, Bolt, Iris, etc. The brass tacks of the matter is that you certainly could support these obscure beasts, but are you really going to test your site on them? Heck, could you even find one?! Unless the folks that pay you are die hard Treo users my guess is "No".

Interestingly enough my research shows that /Mobile/ is more efficient than **/iP(

@chetan
chetan / yardoc_cheatsheet.md
Last active December 8, 2025 13:54
YARD cheatsheet
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active March 11, 2026 22:22
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
----------------------------------
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
@andreyvit
andreyvit / tmux.md
Created June 13, 2012 03:41
tmux cheatsheet

tmux cheat sheet

(C-x means ctrl+x, M-x means alt+x)

Prefix key

The default prefix is C-b. If you (or your muscle memory) prefer C-a, you need to add this to ~/.tmux.conf:

remap prefix to Control + a

@brandonb927
brandonb927 / osx-for-hackers.sh
Last active March 5, 2026 10:16
OSX for Hackers: Yosemite/El Capitan Edition. This script tries not to be *too* opinionated and any major changes to your system require a prompt. You've been warned.
#!/bin/sh
###
# SOME COMMANDS WILL NOT WORK ON macOS (Sierra or newer)
# For Sierra or newer, see https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/master/.macos
###
# Alot of these configs have been taken from the various places
# on the web, most from here
# https://github.com/mathiasbynens/dotfiles/blob/5b3c8418ed42d93af2e647dc9d122f25cc034871/.osx
@latentflip
latentflip / gist:3722894
Created September 14, 2012 16:04
Off the cuff ember and backbone thoughts from a non-expert.

Some very off the cuff thoughts on ember and backbone

Here's where I am at with things for Float:

  • done a load of stuff with backbone, and it's what we use in production
  • played with ember, but nothing too serious. Thinking it might be good for Float, but it's got a steep learning curve initially, so it may never happen.

Having read http://trek.github.com and worked through the examples, and compared it to what I've done in backbone. My thoughts are: