A list of common computer I/O actions and how long they take. Visual comparison chart: http://i.imgur.com/k0t1e.png
git rebase -i -> mark your commit with edit git reset HEAD~ (remove the marked commit, but keep its...
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A great walkthrough through several design iteration of the same landing page.
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When you make a simple TCP connection to a remote server (like telnet), your client won't normally notice when...
Installing SSL certificates usually implies additionally using intermediate certificates. If one of them is missing, some SSL client implementations might...
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Redactor is yet another WYSIWYG editor. It definitely has its weak points, but I want to point out that it...
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Our applications not only need to be functional, they need to be fast. But, to quote Donald Knuth, premature optimization...
Some browsers define window.event, which will return a copy of the "current" event. However, this is not defined by the...
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This is a guide on how to effectively use Git when working on a feature branch. It is designed to...
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Rails 5 will introduce ActiveRecord::Relation#or. On Rails 4 and 3.2 you can use the activerecord_any_of gem...
A fantastic guide for a dilemma facing any web-based product. Here’s a simple set of Yes/No questions that...
Article shows how to make a script that fakes one kind of content when printed with cat, but uses different...
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This is how you regain disk space from OpenStack instances if you are using kvm and qcow. If your instance...