whatrocks

fling ⌆

The fling pattern is a constraint on the Farcaster protocol which allows you to keep a daily log of your work, while benefitting from all the great social features of Farcaster.

Inspiration

• John Carmack's .plan files
• OhLife.com (now defunct startup that emailed you 1x a day with "How did your day go?")

Constraints

davidhughhenrymack

import tensorflow as tf
import numpy as np

class FloydHubMetricHook(tf.train.SessionRunHook):
	"""An easy way to output your metric_ops to FloydHub's training metric graphs

	This is designed to fit into TensorFlow's EstimatorSpec. Assuming you've
	already defined some metric_ops for monitoring your training/evaluation,
	this helper class will compute those operations then print them out in 

veekram

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Example Ruby CLI script to retrieve worker data from Workday
# Call on command line with worker id; prints worker name
# add "request" or "response" after worker id and prints the
# outgoing xml or received hash and exits.
#
# Using Savon version 2 for the SOAP client (2.11.2)
#
# Savon defaults to making the message tag the same as the operation name

yossorion

What I Wish I'd Known About Equity Before Joining A Unicorn

Disclaimer: This piece is written anonymously. The names of a few particular companies are mentioned, but as common examples only.

This is a short write-up on things that I wish I'd known and considered before joining a private company (aka startup, aka unicorn in some cases). I'm not trying to make the case that you should never join a private company, but the power imbalance between founder and employee is extreme, and that potential candidates would

jakeyr

Originally taken from: Braintree Article and expanded on by me.

Safe

• Add a new column
• Drop a column
• Rename a column
• Add an index concurrently (Example), Note: it will still take a long time to run the migration, but it won't write-lock the table.
• Drop a constraint (for example, non-nullable)
• Add a default value to an existing column

robinsloan

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require "rubygems"
require "twitter"
require "json"
require "faraday"

# things you must configure
TWITTER_USER = "your_username"

# get these from dev.twitter.com

garybernhardt

This document has moved!

It's now here, in The Programmer's Compendium. The content is the same as before, but being part of the compendium means that it's actively maintained.

markgoodyear

/*!
 * gulp
 * $ npm install gulp-ruby-sass gulp-autoprefixer gulp-cssnano gulp-jshint gulp-concat gulp-uglify gulp-imagemin gulp-notify gulp-rename gulp-livereload gulp-cache del --save-dev
 */

// Load plugins
var gulp = require('gulp'),
    sass = require('gulp-ruby-sass'),
    autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer'),
    cssnano = require('gulp-cssnano'),

michielvaneerd

var Artist = Backbone.Model.extend();

var Artists = Backbone.Collection.extend({
  model : Artist,
  url : "http://api.discogs.com/database/search?type=artist",
  sync : function(method, collection, options) {
    // By setting the dataType to "jsonp", jQuery creates a function
    // and adds it as a callback parameter to the request, e.g.:
    // [url]&callback=jQuery19104472605645155031_1373700330157&q=bananarama
    // If you want another name for the callback, also specify the

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: