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mohanpedala / bash_strict_mode.md
Last active November 21, 2025 22:55
set -e, -u, -o, -x pipefail explanation
@karpathy
karpathy / min-char-rnn.py
Last active November 19, 2025 15:16
Minimal character-level language model with a Vanilla Recurrent Neural Network, in Python/numpy
"""
Minimal character-level Vanilla RNN model. Written by Andrej Karpathy (@karpathy)
BSD License
"""
import numpy as np
# data I/O
data = open('input.txt', 'r').read() # should be simple plain text file
chars = list(set(data))
data_size, vocab_size = len(data), len(chars)
@christopher-hopper
christopher-hopper / vm-resize-hard-disk.md
Last active July 24, 2025 03:22
Resize a Hard Disk for a Virtual Machine provisioned using Vagrant from a Linux base box to run using VirutalBox.

Resize a Hard Disk for a Virtual Machine

Our Virtual Machines are provisioned using Vagrant from a Linux base box to run using VirutalBox. If the Hard Disk space runs out and you cannot remove files to free-up space, you can resize the Hard Disk using some VirtualBox and Linux commands.

Some assumptions

The following steps assume you've got a set-up like mine, where:

@phgrau
phgrau / gist:4048239
Created November 9, 2012 21:07 — forked from anonymous/gist:4047604
a quick and dirty tips-n-tricks for ansible
Variables
==========
predefined variables :
- inventory_hostname (fqdn) (normally the same as ansible.fqdn)
- inventory_hostname_short
To know the return codes returned by ansible modules, just use plain ansible -vvv to see them :
ansible -i ~/ansible/arrfab.net/hosts/hosts.cfg -vvv -m copy -a 'src=files/sysinfo dest=/etc/sysinfo' tungstene.arrfab.net
tungstene.arrfab.net | success >> {
"changed": true,
@evandrix
evandrix / README.md
Created September 11, 2012 00:06
Headless web browsers

Here are a list of headless browsers that I know about:

  • [HtmlUnit][1] - Java. Custom browser engine. JavaScript support/DOM emulated. Open source.
  • [Ghost][2] - Python only. WebKit-based. Full JavaScript support. Open source.
  • [Twill][3] - Python/command line. Custom browser engine. No JavaScript. Open source.
  • [PhantomJS][4] - Command line/all platforms. WebKit-based. Full JavaScript support. Open source.
  • [Awesomium][5] - C++/.Net/all platforms. Chromium-based. Full JavaScript support. Commercial/free.
  • [SimpleBrowser][6] - .Net 4/C#. Custom browser engine. No JavaScript support. Open source.
  • [ZombieJS][7] - Node.js. Custom browser engine. JavaScript support/emulated DOM. Open source.
  • [EnvJS][8] - JavaScript via Java/Rhino. Custom browser engine. JavaScript support/emulated DOM. Open source.
@jboner
jboner / latency.txt
Last active November 23, 2025 05:29
Latency Numbers Every Programmer Should Know
Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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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