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#!/bin/sh
cd `dirname $0`
java -classpath "${CLASSPATH}:bin/classes" TextComparer $1 $2

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Title

How I Accidentally Wrote the Best Code of my Career

Summary

Picking the right abstractions can be very hard. Understanding object design helps us evaluate tradeoffs, but where do you get the raw ideas to evaluate? I have to be creative? Lets talk about the 3rd rewrite of a system that came out surprisingly beautiful because we accidentally used a lot of creative processes.

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# Open the software sources and enable the multiverse + proprietary stuff
sudo apt-get install -y ruby1.9.1 ruby1.9.1-dev git
sudo gem install artoo-digispark --no-ri --no-rdoc

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source "https://rubygems.org"
gem "avro", "1.7.5"

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$ ruby -v
ruby 2.1.0p0 (2013-12-25 revision 44422) [x86_64-darwin12.0]
$ ruby tmp/tcp_server.rb
Server :: client says: ping
Client :: server says: Hello! Time is 2014-02-28 12:55:54 -0700
Server :: client says: die!
Server :: farewell cruel world!
All Done!

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$ rubyhop
/Users/michael.ries/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:135:in `require': dlopen(/Users/michael.ries/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-12/2.1.0-static/gosu-0.7.50/gosu.bundle, 9): Symbol not found: __ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE4_Rep11_S_terminalE (LoadError)
  Referenced from: /Users/michael.ries/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-12/2.1.0-static/gosu-0.7.50/gosu.bundle
  Expected in: flat namespace
 in /Users/michael.ries/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-12/2.1.0-static/gosu-0.7.50/gosu.bundle - /Users/michael.ries/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0/extensions/x86_64-darwin-12/2.1.0-static/gosu-0.7.50/gosu.bundle
	from /Users/michael.ries/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:135:in `rescue in require'
	from /Users/michael.ries/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.1.0/lib/ruby/site_ruby/2.1.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:144:in `require'
	from /Users/michael.ries/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.1.0/gems/gos

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module ActsAsCsv
  def read
    @csv_contents = []
    filename = self.class.to_s.downcase + '.csv'
    file = File.new(filename)
    @headers = file.gets.chomp.split(', ')

    file.each do |row|
      @csv_contents << row.chomp.split(', ')
    end

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describe "my request" do
  it "should update the model" do
    Model.any_instance.should_receive(:save) do
      self.changes.should include(:attribute)
      self.attribute.should == 'value'
    end

    xhr :put, model_path(model), {attribute: 'value'}
  end
end

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module TSV
  class LineReader
    attr_reader :filepath
    def initialize(filepath)
      @filepath = filepath
    end

    def each
      buffer = ""
      open(filepath) do |f|

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# The main parse method is mostly borrowed from a tweet by @JEG2
class StrictTsv
  attr_reader :filepath
  def initialize(filepath)
    @filepath = filepath
  end

  def parse
    open(filepath) do |f|
      headers = f.gets.strip.split("\t")