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The attached patch lets you find a record by a string or number in any column: User.find_by_anything('carla...
Copy the attached file to config/initializers/indent_string.rb and you can say "foo".indent(4) # " foo" Note you will find many simpler...
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If your git index for some reason becomes invalid, no need to worry. Your index is corrupt when you see...
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Sometimes you need to restart the Gnome panel, e.g. when you installed a new Gnome panel widget but the widget...
In order to chain greps on log files that are opened via tail -f test.log you have to use the...
This describes all the steps you'll need to get Solr up and running for your project using the Sunspot...
Sometimes you want one distinct version of RubyGems to be installed to replicate the same behavior across multiple servers.
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In cucumber you are able to run features in whatever directory you like. This also includes executing features in subdirectories...
Although it's tempting flirt with detecting mobile/touch devices with CSS media queries or Javascript feature detection alone, this approach...
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The unix command line tool less is a good choice for browsing logfiles. In the standard configuration, though, it does...
When Rack::Bug has been added to your project and your Apache2/Passenger only replies with an Error 500 (Internal Server...
To reduce download time, application servers usually serve content using gzip compression, if the browser supports it.