Installing Redis Server and Client on Mac OS X and Ubuntu
wget http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-0.900_2.tar.gz
tar xzvf redis-0.900_2.tar.gz
cd redis-0.900
make
mv redis-server /usr/bin/
mv redis-cli /usr/bin/
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Enable UUIDs in Postgres
The first thing you'll need to do is enable the extension
create extension "uuid-ossp";
To test that it's working
select uuid_generate_v1();
For more info on which version of the algorithm you should use refer to the documentation.
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Written by Sean Behan on 03/03/2017
Very Simple Breadcrumb Navigation in Rails with Before_filter
This may not be the ideal solution. This just manages request.referers in a session variable, then looping over each unique path prints a link to the screen. It's more of a "history" than a hierarchy for resources in an application. It is however, pretty ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Installing Ruby with RVM without Xcode using CLANG
I am not using the full Xcode package on my laptop. Instead I'm using the command line tools, offered by Apple as a separate and much smaller install. I haven't had too many issues, aside from not being able to use the FileMerge program that ships with ...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/24/2012
Dynamic Attributes in Python Model Class
class Bar():
def __init__(self, **args):
for key in args:
self.__dict__[key] = args[key]
b = Bar(fullname="Monty Python", email="me@monthpython.org")
b.fullname #=> Monty Python
b.email #=>me@montypython.org
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012