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# Throw this into config/initializers/cache.rb
if ARGV.any? { |a| %w(s server thin).include?(a) }
  puts "=> Initializing environment, clearing cache"
  Rails.cache.clear
end

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namespace :paperclip do
  # Fix broken timestamps
  task :fix => :environment do
    # All user picture files in the production environment (directories[1])
    files = User.last.picture.send(:connection).directories[Rails.env.staging? ? 2 : 1].files.select do |file| 
      file.key.starts_with?('users/pictures')
    end.sort_by(&:last_modified)

    (0..300).each do |ranged|
      puts "Ranged: #{ranged}"

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gem 'heroku'

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# script/rails
# This command will automatically be run when you run "rails" with Rails 3 gems installed from the root of your application.

# Automatically kill zombie Thin servers when booting up a rails server
if ENV['RACK_ENV'] == 'development' && pid = `ps -ef | grep thin | grep -v grep | sort -r | sed -n 2p | awk '{print $2}'`
  puts "=> Killing existing server with pid #{pid}"
  `kill -9 #{pid}`
end

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class Estimated < Other; end
class Forwarded < Other; end

case discussable
when Estimated then :queued  # discussable.estimate?
when Forwarded then :read    # discussable.forward?
else :unread
end

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# n = number of additional customers per period
# p = amount each customer is charged per period
# a = duration of period to calculate total gross for
# 
# example: customer every 2 weeks, 25 per month, after 6 months: (fn).call(2, 25, 6)
# => 1050
->(n, p, a) { t = 0; a.times { |i| t += (i + 1) * p * n }; t }

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# if "key" equals "bird.jpg", 
# then this code creates a smaller thumbnail of the bird, 
# sized to 270 by 167 pixels, 
# adding a watermark, 
# compressing the thumbnail to save space, 
# and saving the new thumbnail as "bird_medium.jpg"
Original.find(key).compress(70).resize(270, 167).to(:fit).watermark.save(:medium)

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module Railings
  module Filterable
    [:after, :before].each do |context|
      [:index, :show, :new, :create, :update, :destroy].each do |action|
        define_method "#{context}_#{action}", ->(filter, options = { }, &block) do
          send "#{context}_filter", filter, options.merge!(:only => action), &block
        end
      end
    end
  end

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# In a MongoMapper::Document, 
# simply add 
# key :password, Password
# your password will be automatically hashed,
# and you can compare plain-text passwords with the user's hashed password, ruby style:
# User.first.password == '1234'
# => true
#
# Also, prevents passwords from being leaked onto the console or error messages:
# User.first.password

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# constituent_importer.rb
# 
# When the customer uploads an Excel file, 
# we generate a unique ID for the file and 
# store it on our AWS/S3 jobs bucket.
#
# Then we create a job with that unique ID, 
# and our background workers execute the job as follows

class ConstituentImporter < Struct.new(:job_object_id)