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@CristinaSolana
CristinaSolana / gist:1885435
Created February 22, 2012 14:56
Keeping a fork up to date

1. Clone your fork:

git clone git@github.com:YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-FORKED-REPO.git

2. Add remote from original repository in your forked repository:

cd into/cloned/fork-repo
git remote add upstream git://github.com/ORIGINAL-DEV-USERNAME/REPO-YOU-FORKED-FROM.git
git fetch upstream
@joaopizani
joaopizani / .screenrc
Created May 17, 2012 11:55
A killer GNU Screen Config
# the following two lines give a two-line status, with the current window highlighted
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string '%{= kG}[%{G}%H%? %1`%?%{g}][%= %{= kw}%-w%{+b yk} %n*%t%?(%u)%? %{-}%+w %=%{g}][%{B}%m/%d %{W}%C%A%{g}]'
# huge scrollback buffer
defscrollback 5000
# no welcome message
startup_message off
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active May 5, 2024 03:12
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
@asabaylus
asabaylus / gist:3071099
Created July 8, 2012 14:12
Github Markdown Heading Anchors

Anchors in Markdown

To create an anchor to a heading in github flavored markdown. Add - characters between each word in the heading and wrap the value in parens (#some-markdown-heading) so your link should look like so:

[create an anchor](#anchors-in-markdown)

@K-Phoen
K-Phoen / config.yml
Created December 18, 2012 11:22
Storing Symfony2 sessions in memcached
imports:
# ....
- { resource: services/session.yml }
framework:
# ....
session:
handler_id: session.handler.memcached
@pixelhandler
pixelhandler / pre-push.sh
Last active April 8, 2024 01:04
Git pre-push hook to prevent force pushing master branch
#!/bin/sh
# Called by "git push" after it has checked the remote status,
# but before anything has been pushed.
#
# If this script exits with a non-zero status nothing will be pushed.
#
# Steps to install, from the root directory of your repo...
# 1. Copy the file into your repo at `.git/hooks/pre-push`
# 2. Set executable permissions, run `chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-push`
@philchristensen
philchristensen / sqs.py
Created September 5, 2013 16:28
Minimal script for sending/reading from Amazon SQS using Boto/Python.
conf = {
"sqs-access-key": "",
"sqs-secret-key": "",
"sqs-queue-name": "",
"sqs-region": "us-east-1",
"sqs-path": "sqssend"
}
import boto.sqs
conn = boto.sqs.connect_to_region(
@rxaviers
rxaviers / gist:7360908
Last active May 6, 2024 03:49
Complete list of github markdown emoji markup

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alexlafroscia / build.gradle
Last active December 21, 2020 10:31
JUnit Testing with Gradle
/*
* This build file was auto generated by running the Gradle 'init' task
* by 'alex' at '1/27/15 7:02 PM' with Gradle 2.2.1
*
* This generated file contains a commented-out sample Java project to get you started.
* For more details take a look at the Java Quickstart chapter in the Gradle
* user guide available at http://gradle.org/docs/2.2.1/userguide/tutorial_java_projects.html
*/
// Apply the java plugin to add support for Java
@PaulSec
PaulSec / Burp certificate on Android
Created February 16, 2015 19:40
Add your Burp certificate on an Android device
To do so:
1. Export your Burp Certificate
Proxy > Options > CA Certificate > Export in DER format
2. Convert it to PEM
openssl x509 -inform der -in cacert.der -out burp.pem
3. Download it on the device