quamen

Plain dough

Makes 170g dough (enough for one 30 cm pizza)

• 1 teaspoon dried yeast
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 100 ml warm water
• 2 teaspoons olive oil, plus extra, for greasing
• 160 g plain (all-purpose) flour, sifted

andkerosine

$stack, $draws = [], {}

def method_missing *args
  return if args[0][/^to_/]
  $stack << args.map { |a| a or $stack.pop }
  $draws[$stack.pop(2)[0][0]] = args[1] if args[0] == :<
end

class Array
  def +@

masonforest

Installing a Gem on Heroku from a Private GitHub Repo

Sometimes you want to use a gem on Heroku that is in a private repository on GitHub.

Using git over http you can authenticate to GitHub using basic authentication. However, we don't want to embed usernames and passwords in Gemfiles. Instead, we can use authentication tokens.

1. Get an OAuth Token from GitHub

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First you will need to get an OAuth Token from GitHub using your own username and "note"

cjheath

if ENV["RSPEC_REPORT_EXCEPTIONS"]
  class Exception
    alias_method :old_initialize, :initialize

    def self.exceptions_seen
      @@seen ||= {}
    end

    def self.see args
      stack = caller[1..-1]

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:

jashkenas

# MAC manipulators
alias random_mac='sudo ifconfig en0 ether `openssl rand -hex 6 | sed "s/\(..\)/\1:/g; s/.$//"`'
alias restore_mac='sudo ifconfig en0 ether YOUR_ORIGINAL_MAC_ADDRESS_GOES_HERE'

geelen

# Set up the application
app = angular.module('ratingRampage', [])

# This is an injectable property
app.value 'Authentication', {}

# Add a directive so that if we see a csrf-token attribute, this gets set
app.directive 'csrfToken', (Authentication) ->
  (scope, element, attrs) ->
    Authentication.csrf_token = attrs.csrfToken

parndt

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
spec_hits = []

checks = {
            '_spec\.rb$' => ['focus:[:space:]*true'],
            '\.rb$' => ['binding\.pry', 'debugger']
         }

# Find the names of all the filenames that have been (A)dded (C)opied or (M)odified
filenames = `git diff --cached --name-only --diff-filter=ACM`.split("\n")

lankz

record = Post.new(:title => 'Yay', :body => 'This is some insert SQL')

# easiest way to achieve this is by calling protected #arel_attributes_values (tested in
# rails 3.2.13). the alternative is to build the entire insert statement using arel >_>
record.class.arel_table.create_insert \
                       .tap { |im| im.insert(record.send(:arel_attributes_values, false)) } \
                       .to_sql

toolmantim

# A simple Makefile alternative to using Grunt for your static asset compilation
#
## Usage
#
#   $ npm install
#
# And then you can run various commands:
#
#   $ make            # compile files that need compiling
#   $ make clean all  # remove target files and recompile from scratch