willurd

Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.

Discussion on reddit.

Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

pydevops

• 0.1. References
• 0.2. Other cheatsheets
• 0.3. Manage multiple gcloud config configurations
  • 0.3.1. Switch gcloud context with gcloud config
• 0.4. Credentials
• 0.5. info
• 0.6. projects
• 0.7. zones & regions
• 0.8. Organization
• 0.9. billing

dergachev

OS X Screencast to animated GIF

This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.

Instructions

To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:

adaugherity

#!/usr/bin/ruby
# Create display override file to force Mac OS X to use RGB mode for Display
# see http://embdev.net/topic/284710

require 'base64'

data=`ioreg -l -d0 -w 0 -r -c AppleDisplay`

edids=data.scan(/IODisplayEDID.*?<([a-z0-9]+)>/i).flatten
vendorids=data.scan(/DisplayVendorID.*?([0-9]+)/i).flatten

cdmwebs

Friendly URLs

By default, Rails applications build URLs based on the primary key -- the id column from the database. Imagine we have a Person model and associated controller. We have a person record for Bob Martin that has id number 6. The URL for his show page would be:

/people/6

But, for aesthetic or SEO purposes, we want Bob's name in the URL. The last segment, the 6 here, is called the "slug". Let's look at a few ways to implement better slugs.

nikcub

In August 2007 a hacker found a way to expose the PHP source code on facebook.com. He retrieved two files and then emailed them to me, and I wrote about the issue:

http://techcrunch.com/2007/08/11/facebook-source-code-leaked/

It became a big deal:

http://www.techmeme.com/070812/p1#a070812p1

The two files are index.php (the homepage) and search.php (the search page)

mitchellh

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON MY TUMBLR ON FEB 25, 2011. I forgot I had a Tumblr account. I recently logged in (in light of the acquisition by Automattic), found some old posts, and I'm republishing them exactly as they were with zero modifications.

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CloudFormation: The Big Picture

Amazon announced CloudFormation to the public yesterday, and while the general opinion I could glean from various sources shows that people are excited about this new technology, many are still unsure what it is and how it fits into their current cloud workflow. I feel as though I have a firm grasp on CloudFormation and will attempt to answer some questions here.

Note: I'm definitely not a representative of Amazon in any way, and anything here is simply my educated opinion on the matter.

vcastellm

#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -e

function usage() {
    set -e
    cat <<EOM
    ##### ecs-run #####
    Simple script for running tasks on Amazon Elastic Container Service
    One of the following is required:
    Required arguments:

jbspeakr

Ort;Zusatz;Plz;Vorwahl;Bundesland
Aach;b Trier;54298;0651;Rheinland-Pfalz
Aach;, Hegau;78267;07774;Baden-Württemberg
Aachen;;52062;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aachen;;52064;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aachen;;52066;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aachen;;52068;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aachen;;52070;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aachen;;52072;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen
Aachen;;52074;0241;Nordrhein-Westfalen

chrismdp

# You don't need Fog in Ruby or some other library to upload to S3 -- shell works perfectly fine
# This is how I upload my new Sol Trader builds (http://soltrader.net)
# Based on a modified script from here: http://tmont.com/blargh/2014/1/uploading-to-s3-in-bash

S3KEY="my aws key"
S3SECRET="my aws secret" # pass these in

function putS3
{
  path=$1