melriffe

#! /usr/local/bin/gst -f

"
  This script is a way for me to get back into Smalltalk doing odd little tasks.

  $ gst /Users/mriffe/dev/play/dnd_games/dates.st
  $ gist -u https://gist.github.com/cfa53b8f6cd12f75f03d32075c49b82c dates.st

"

melriffe

Verifying that +mriffe is my blockchain ID. https://onename.com/mriffe

melriffe

Keybase proof

I hereby claim:

• I am melriffe on github.
• I am mriffe (https://keybase.io/mriffe) on keybase.
• I have a public key whose fingerprint is 969D 4A5E 57B6 ACF6 786E 4C99 B302 4828 6251 F6B9

To claim this, I am signing this object:

melriffe

# Simple class that lets you to define a custom ratio of when to let something
# occur veruses not.
#
# Inspiration: We've all done the 'index % 5 == 0' to act as a gatekeeper to
# some action, typically when creating test data. However, this works find when
# you want a standard occurance rate: half the time, third of the time, 25% of
# the time. I had a need to generate test data 40% (2 out 5) times. I'm not
# smart enough to calculate a mod that would work for me. So I created a brute-
# force method that included a variable, some checking, some incrementing, and
# voila: 40% of the time I was able to create data.

melriffe

#! /usr/bin/env ruby

# Solution Spike, a down-n-dirty implementation of the desired functionality.

require 'rubygems'
require 'mechanize' # mechanize 2.4

target_directory = "#{ENV['HOME']}/Dropbox/Pragmatic Bookshelf/Magazines" # ruby 1.9
FileUtils.mkdir_p target_directory

melriffe

Currently I have Kits and Items. A Kit can contain many Items; an Item can be associated to many Kits.
I also have a join model, KitItem, that allows me to define how many of an Item is associated to a Kit.

Here are the model definitions:

class Kit < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :category
  has_many   :kit_items, :dependent => :destroy
  has_many   :items, :through => :kit_items
end

melriffe

Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

This gist is part of a blog post. Check it out at:

http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer