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System Design Cheatsheet

Picking the right architecture = Picking the right battles + Managing trade-offs

Basic Steps

Clarify and agree on the scope of the system

User cases (description of sequences of events that, taken together, lead to a system doing something useful)
- Who is going to use it?
- How are they going to use it?

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.

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Python 2.x

$ python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000

Locate the section for your github remote in the .git/config file. It looks like this:

[remote "origin"]
	fetch = +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
	url = [email protected]:joyent/node.git

Now add the line fetch = +refs/pull/*/head:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* to this section. Obviously, change the github url to match your project's URL. It ends up looking like this:

This article is now published on my website: Prefer Subshells for Context.

	DROP TABLE if exists d_date;

	CREATE TABLE d_date
	(
	date_dim_id INT NOT NULL,
	date_actual DATE NOT NULL,
	epoch BIGINT NOT NULL,
	day_suffix VARCHAR(4) NOT NULL,
	day_name VARCHAR(9) NOT NULL,
	day_of_week INT NOT NULL,

	from importlib import import_module
	from sys import modules
	from warnings import warn
	from datetime import date, timedelta
	from collections import namedtuple

	class RenameHook:
	def __init__(self, registry):
	self.registry = registry

	BEGIN TRY
	DROP TABLE [Dim].[Date]
	END TRY

	BEGIN CATCH
	/No Action/
	END CATCH

	CREATE TABLE [Dim].[Date]
	(

	#!/bin/sh
	# Configure homebrew permissions to allow multiple users on MAC OSX.
	# Any user from the admin group will be able to manage the homebrew and cask installation on the machine.

	# allow admins to manage homebrew's local install directory
	chgrp -R admin /usr/local
	chmod -R g+w /usr/local

	# allow admins to homebrew's local cache of formulae and source files
	chgrp -R admin /Library/Caches/Homebrew

	// Usage:
	// Copy and paste all of this into a debug console window of the "Who is Hiring?" comment thread
	// then use as follows:
	//
	// query(term \| [term, term, ...], term \| [term, term, ...], ...)
	//
	// When arguments are in an array then that means an "or" and when they are seperate that means "and"
	//
	// Term is of the format:
	// ((-)text/RegExp) ( '-' means negation )

	// Just before switching jobs:
	// Add one of these.
	// Preferably into the same commit where you do a large merge.
	//
	// This started as a tweet with a joke of "C++ pro-tip: #define private public",
	// and then it quickly escalated into more and more evil suggestions.
	// I've tried to capture interesting suggestions here.
	//
	// Contributors: @r2d2rigo, @joeldevahl, @msinilo, @_Humus_,
	// @YuriyODonnell, @rygorous, @cmuratori, @mike_acton, @grumpygiant,