How to Check if Your iOS or MacOS App is Connected to the Internet
Is your app connected to the internet? You can use this standalone class to check! There are no dependencies so you can copy/paste it into your project without needing to install another framework.
With this class it's as simple as running `Reachabili...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/08/2018
Extract Domain Names From Links in Text with Postgres and a Single SQL Query
This query and pattern will return urls in text all within a single SQL query.
select substring(column_name from '.*://([^/]*)') as domain_name from table_name;
And here it is in a larger query, say for retrieving page view counts for referrers.
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Written by Sean Behan on 11/23/2013
Sample Rails Database Config for MySQL
Sample Ruby on Rails database config file for connecting to mysql.
production:
adapter: mysql
encoding: utf8
reconnect: false
database: db_production
pool: 5
username: db_user
password: db_password
#socket: /tmp/mysql.sock #this may vary
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Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
A List of Every High School in the United States in Pipe Delimitted Form (2005)
Here is a text file containing every high school in the United States(2005), including city, state, zip code and high school name.
us_high_schools_pd
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Git Feature Branch Naming Strategy
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
-- Phil Karlton
Typically, we have three main branches at any given time in a project lifecycle.
master, development and staging.
Master is production ready code, d...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
