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@brookr
brookr / gist:2493622
Created April 25, 2012 21:34 — forked from derekharmel/gist:2399684
How to fix pow not using the correct gemset
# From the project root
rvm env -- `rvm current` >> .powenv
@traviskroberts
traviskroberts / gist:2830535
Created May 29, 2012 20:33
FactoryGirl Polymorphic Association
class Alert < ActiveRecord::Base
belongs_to :alertable, :polymorphic => true
end
class Region < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :alerts, :as => :alertable
end
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active June 2, 2024 14:49
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
@marktheunissen
marktheunissen / pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Last active April 26, 2024 23:26 — forked from phred/pedantically_commented_playbook.yml
Insanely complete Ansible playbook, showing off all the options
This playbook has been removed as it is now very outdated.
@peter
peter / creating-edgerails-app.sh
Created June 30, 2012 21:03
Creating and Deploying an EdgeRails (Rails 4) Application to Heroku
# 0. Make sure you have Ruby 1.9.3 installed, and optionally RVM and PostgreSQL
# 0.2 If you are on the Mac, make sure you have a c compiler by installing XCode Command Line Tools or gcc4.2 with homebrew
# https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/wiki/Custom-GCC-and-cross-compilers
# 0.5 Make sure you have bundler version ~> 1.2 as Rails depends on it
gem install bundler
# 1. Get edge Rails source (master branch)
git clone https://github.com/rails/rails.git
@mikhailov
mikhailov / 0. nginx_setup.sh
Last active April 2, 2024 14:57
NGINX+SPDY with Unicorn. True Zero-Downtime unless migrations. Best practices.
# Nginx+Unicorn best-practices congifuration guide. Heartbleed fixed.
# We use latest stable nginx with fresh **openssl**, **zlib** and **pcre** dependencies.
# Some extra handy modules to use: --with-http_stub_status_module --with-http_gzip_static_module
#
# Deployment structure
#
# SERVER:
# /etc/init.d/nginx (1. nginx)
# /home/app/public_html/app_production/current (Capistrano directory)
#
@malarkey
malarkey / Contract Killer 3.md
Last active May 24, 2024 23:38
The latest version of my ‘killer contract’ for web designers and developers

When times get tough and people get nasty, you’ll need more than a killer smile. You’ll need a killer contract.

Used by 1000s of designers and developers Clarify what’s expected on both sides Helps build great relationships between you and your clients Plain and simple, no legal jargon Customisable to suit your business Used on countless web projects since 2008

…………………………

@kesor
kesor / Gemfile
Last active September 30, 2019 09:04
Vagrantfile to create a chef-server (11.x) and a client box that uses it.
source :rubygems
gem 'json', '= 1.5.4' # knife/chef 11.0 and 11.20 is broken with json 1.5.5/1.7.7
gem 'vagrant'
gem 'vagrant-hostmaster'
@cypher
cypher / gist:5038241
Last active December 14, 2015 05:49
I got an error while trying out Rails 4 Beta 1 on Ruby 2.0 (running rbenv): `connect': SSL_connect returned=1 errno=0 state=SSLv3 read server certificate B: certificate verify failed (OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError) Solution via http://ikm.hatenablog.jp/entry/2013/02/13/031343: Make sure you have an up-to-date version of OpenSSL installed (at least 1.0.…
CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl) --with-readline-dir=$(brew --prefix readline)" \
RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS="--with-openssl-dir=$(brew --prefix openssl)" \
rbenv install 2.0.0-p0
@amichal
amichal / select2_input.rb
Created May 6, 2013 17:20
select2 integration with simple_form
class Select2Input < SimpleForm::Inputs::CollectionSelectInput
def input
options[:include_hidden] ||= false
options[:include_blanks] ||= false
options[:input_html][:id] ||= "#{@builder.options[:as]}_#{attribute_name}"
dom_selector = "##{options[:input_html][:id]}"
if select2_options = options.delete(:select2)
options[:collection] = [] + Array(@builder.object.send(attribute_name))
end