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In response to all the responses to:

http://twitter.com/rtomayko/status/1155906157

You should never do this in a source file included with your library,
app, or tests:

    require 'rubygems'

The system I use to manage my $LOAD_PATH is not your library/app/tests

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#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# The script that give you focus!
# Create a text file that contains sites want to give yourself
# access to only during certain times of day.
#
# The file will look like this:
# 12 news.ycombinator.com
# 11-13,19-21 twitter.com
#

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#!/bin/sh
# Usage: git-thanks <since>..<until>
#
# All commits on master, ever:
#   git-thanks master
#
# All commits on master since the 0.9.0 tag:
#   git-thanks 0.9.0..master

git log "$1" |

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task :clean do
  important_cleans = `git clean -n -d`.split("\n")
  important_cleans.reject! { |file|
    file =~ /~$/ or
    file =~ /#/ or
    file =~ /.beam$/
  }
  if important_cleans.size > 0
    puts "Refusing to clean because:"
    puts important_cleans.join("\n")

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# deploy to staging from your current topic branch, with ease
set :branch, "origin/#{`git name-rev --name-only head`}"

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    desc "Do rolling restarts of the Mongrel servers in pairs, at 90s intervals."
    task :rolling do
      servers = []

      roles[:app].each do |server|
        next unless server.options.fetch(:listener, true)
        servers << [] if servers.first.nil? || servers.last.length > 1
        servers.last << server.host
      end

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# at the very least, use inheritance!

class Object
  alias_method :try, :send
end

class NilClass
  def try(*args)
    nil
  end

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# 1) Point *.example.com in your DNS setup to your server.
#
# 2) Setup an Apache vhost to catch the star pointer:
#
# <VirtualHost *:80>
#   ServerName *.example.com
# </VirtualHost>
#
# 3) Set the current account from the subdomain
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base

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Lessons Learned

Be Confident

Tests build confidence. Write 'em. They'll save your ass, and they'll let you take a chainsaw to your code without being afraid of unintended consequences.

Be Lazy

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rails_root = "/data/github/current"

20.times do |num|
  God.watch do |w|
    w.name     = "dj-#{num}"
    w.group    = 'dj'
    w.interval = 30.seconds
    w.start    = "rake -f #{rails_root}/Rakefile production jobs:work"

    w.uid = 'git'