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Host Hack Night: @flagged @context(Connected) @autodone(true)
- Schedule in MeetUp @defer(Hack Night -10d 9:00) @due(Hack Night -7d)
- Tweet event URL
- Post event in Slack channels
- Invite people via email @due(Hack Night -3d)
- Retweet event URL @defer(Hack Night -1d 9:00) @due(Hack Night -1d 16:00)
- Order Pizza @defer(Hack Night 9:00) @due(Hack Night 15:00)
- Log expense in Harvest
- Schedule next Hack Night in Workflow @defer(Hack Night 21:00)

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Load testing vs performance testing


A common mistake made in our industry is to conflate performance testing with
load testing. While both are important, neither is a substitute for the other.
The former helps assess whether a system is performant. Can it accomplish some
task in a short enough period of time to be effective? The latter is used to
understand how the performance changes as more and more demand is put on the
system.  I came to appreciate the value of both while working for AOL back at
the time when 30 million people looked to that service as the way to get

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class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  before_filter :set_pagination_defaults, :inline_file_downloads
  protect_from_forgery
  layout 'general'

  def set_pagination_defaults
    params[:page] ||= 1
    params[:per_page] ||= 10
  end

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/* How does one unit test this? */
$(document).ready(function() {
  $('#map-searchform .searchform-fields label').inFieldLabels();

  $('#map-search-form').submit(function (e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $('#map').map_control().find($('#map-search-terms').val());
  });
});

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- content_for :head_libraries, jquery_include_tags(:jquery_ui => false)
- content_for :head, javascript_include_tag('application')

.scrollable
  .items
    .homepage_slot.slot_1
      = image_tag 'building.jpg'
    .homepage_slot.slot_2
      = image_tag 'alleluia.jpg'
    .homepage_slot.slot_3

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require "heroku"
require "heroku/command"
require 'aws/s3'

namespace :backups do
  desc "create a pg_dump and send to S3"
  task :backup => :environment do
  
    include RRBOUtil

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class BraintreeSimulationController < ApplicationController
  VALID_CC_NUMBERS = [ '4111111111111111', '5431111111111111', '6011601160116611', '341111111111111' ]
  
  def transact
    if params[:merchant_defined_field_1] == 'billing'
      current_user.update_attributes( :bill_to_first_name => params[:firstname],
                                      :bill_to_last_name => params[:lastname],
                                      :bill_to_address => params[:address1],
                                      :bill_to_address2 => params[:address2],
                                      :bill_to_city => params[:city],

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desc "Use Google to get and XML geocode response for address"
task :geocode => :environment do
  require 'geokit'
  address_str = ENV['address']
  if address_str.nil?
    puts "Usage:  rake geocode address='address to geocode'"
  end
  url = "http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=#{Geokit::Inflector::url_escape(address_str)}&output=xml&key=#{Geokit::Geocoders::google}&oe=utf-8"
  res = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse(url))
  puts res

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class MockSuccess < Net::HTTPSuccess
  def initialize
  end
end

class MockFailure < Net::HTTPSuccess
  def initialize
  end
end