Jerry Ng ngshiheng

Semantic Commit Messages

See how a minor change to your commit message style can make you a better programmer.

Format: <type>(<scope>): <subject>

<scope> is optional

Example

Dataclips URLs

Dataclips has a reliable way to construct the URL of a clip's CSV version:

https://dataclips.heroku.com/<hash>-<description>.csv

Thankfully the description is irrelevant, so we can just get the hash from the web interface (looks like aujqawhjdmlbbwrqxutcpzzqyika) and add -1 at the end. Every time we change the

Don't use VPN services.

No, seriously, don't. You're probably reading this because you've asked what VPN service to use, and this is the answer.

Note: The content in this post does not apply to using VPN for their intended purpose; that is, as a virtual private (internal) network. It only applies to using it as a glorified proxy, which is what every third-party "VPN provider" does.

A Russian translation of this article can be found here, contributed by Timur Demin.
A Turkish translation can be found here, contributed by agyild.
There's also this article about VPN services, which is honestly better written (and has more cat pictures!) than my article.

	#!/usr/bin/env bash

	#
	# Performs a simple semver comparison of the two arguments.
	#
	# Original: https://github.com/mritd/shell_scripts/blob/master/version.sh
	# Snippet: https://jonlabelle.com/snippets/view/shell/compare-semver-versions-in-bash
	# Gist: https://gist.github.com/jonlabelle/6691d740f404b9736116c22195a8d706
	#

	/*
	* Async.gs
	*
	* Manages asyncronous execution via time-based triggers.
	*
	* Note that execution normally takes 30-60s due to scheduling of the trigger.
	*
	* @see https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/script/clock-trigger-builder.html
	*/

	from decorator import decorator

	def _check_auth(args, pred):
	_, _, context, _ = args
	if not pred(context):
	raise Exception("Unauthorized")


	@decorator
	def is_user(fn, args, *kwargs):

	# import config.
	# You can change the default config with `make cnf="config_special.env" build`
	cnf ?= config.env
	include $(cnf)
	export $(shell sed 's/=.*//' $(cnf))

	# import deploy config
	# You can change the default deploy config with `make cnf="deploy_special.env" release`
	dpl ?= deploy.env
	include $(dpl)

	package main

	import (
	"net/http"
	"database/sql"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"
	)