Each of these commands will run an ad hoc http static server in your current (or specified) directory, available at http://localhost:8000. Use this power wisely.
$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000
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willurd
/ web-servers.md
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December 10, 2025 10:35
Big list of http static server one-liners
ndarville
/ business-models.md
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Business models based on the compiled list at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4924647. I find the link very hard to browse, so I made a simple version in Markdown instead.
borismus
/ gist:1032746
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June 18, 2011 02:46
Convert a base64 string into a binary Uint8 Array
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| var BASE64_MARKER = ';base64,'; | |
| function convertDataURIToBinary(dataURI) { | |
| var base64Index = dataURI.indexOf(BASE64_MARKER) + BASE64_MARKER.length; | |
| var base64 = dataURI.substring(base64Index); | |
| var raw = window.atob(base64); | |
| var rawLength = raw.length; | |
| var array = new Uint8Array(new ArrayBuffer(rawLength)); | |
| for(i = 0; i < rawLength; i++) { |