Archive

CloudWatch Logs: how to log data from multiple instances to a single stream: 2015-06-17 How to send logs from all Elastic Beanstalk instances to one CloudWatch Logs stream and keep the instance id in each record.
Amazon DynamoDB: how to add a global secondary index: 2015-01-25 How to add a global secondary index to an existing DynamoDB table by copying the data to a new table with EMR and Hive.
Amazon DynamoDB, EMR and Hive notes: 2015-01-24 How to analyze DynamoDB data with Hive on Amazon EMR: Hue access, export to Hive tables or S3, and date conversions.
AWS OpsWorks: set up MongoDB EBS volume backups: 2014-12-30 How to set up automated MongoDB EBS volume snapshots on OpsWorks with a Chef recipe, cron and aws-snapshot-tool.
AWS OpsWorks: deployment from the command line: 2014-12-30 A Python script with boto and a shell script with the AWS CLI to deploy an OpsWorks application from the command line.
Amazon OpsWorks: node.js app with MongoDB setup: 2014-12-19 How to set up a node.js application with a single-node MongoDB server on Amazon OpsWorks with custom Chef recipes.
Amazon NoSQL solutions: DynamoDB and SimpleDB: 2013-06-11 A review of Amazon DynamoDB and SimpleDB as storage for event data: features, limitations, and cost.
Angular.js: POST data to PHP: 2013-05-24 How to read Angular.js POST requests in PHP, on the server side or by sending form-encoded data from the client.
PHP: UTF-8 strings handling: 2013-03-23 How to handle UTF-8 strings in PHP with mbstring function overloading and the default internal encoding.
Want Scalable Application Architecture? Check AngularJS.: 2013-03-18 The Scalable JavaScript Application Architecture by Nicholas Zakas, frameworks built on it, and why AngularJS is close to it.
MySQL: speed up unit tests by moving data to memory (Ubuntu): 2012-12-17 How to speed up slow unit tests on Ubuntu by moving the MySQL data directory to /dev/shm, with scripts to move it back.
PHP: friend a class via extend: 2012-12-09 How to emulate C++ friend classes in PHP by inheriting one class from another, with a State pattern example.
Google Chrome: window managers: 2012-12-09 A list of Chrome extensions to manage tabs and windows and to split the screen.
Yii: GImport extension: 2012-10-10 The GImport Yii extension: recursive import of directories with caching.
phpMyAdmin and eAccelerator problem: 2012-10-09 How to fix the empty response error in phpMyAdmin by disabling eAccelerator in .htaccess.
Yii and jquery.localtime.js: display dates in user local timezone: 2012-09-29 How to keep UTC dates on the server with Yii and show them in the user's local timezone with the jquery.localtime plugin.
jQuery: global ajax response handler and jquery.localtime plugin: 2012-09-25 How to convert dates to local time in all ajax responses with a jQuery ajax prefilter and the jquery.localtime plugin.
InnoDB: transactions, locks and deadlocks notes: 2012-09-24 Notes on InnoDB transaction isolation levels, lock modes, and the locks that SQL statements set, with deadlock examples.
Yii: URL rules with optional parameters: 2012-09-13 How to describe Yii URL rules with optional parameters in a single route.
Express.js and EJS: reuse template on server and client: 2012-08-20 Two ways to use the same EJS template for rendering on the Express.js server and in the browser.
Selenium: problem with big file upload: 2012-08-20 Fixing Selenium when uploading files larger than about 600KB with old Firefox.
Selenium WebDriver: get WebElement by jQuery selector: 2012-08-02 How to find a WebElement in Selenium WebDriver with a jQuery selector, like :visible, that CSS selectors do not support.
Selenium WebDriver: trigger event on element via jQuery: 2012-07-24 How to trigger a jQuery event on an element from Selenium WebDriver with executeScript.
Selenium WebDriver: set PHP session cookie: 2012-07-24 How to set the PHP session cookie with domain and path in Selenium WebDriver using JavaScript.
Android: mobile network problem after BusyBox update: 2012-06-15 Fixing mobile network on a rooted LG P500 after the BusyBox update, by restoring the original ip binary.
Yii: catch and log MySQL deadlock errors: 2012-03-28 How to log the InnoDB monitor output in Yii when a MySQL deadlock error occurs.
Selenium: run tests on a virtual display: 2012-02-20 How to run Selenium tests on a headless machine with the Xvfb virtual display, and watch them with VNC.
Selenium: problem with loading x_ignore_nofocus.so: 2012-02-20 How to fix Selenium failing to start Firefox on 64-bit Linux, when it loads the 32-bit libX11 library.
Selenium: Python Firefox webdriver, unsafe setters in firefox_profile.py: 2012-02-20 Why the Python Firefox webdriver fails with "Can't load the profile" after setting boolean profile flags, and how to fix it.
Yii: class table inheritance: 2012-02-01 Class table inheritance in Yii: MySQL views compared to single table inheritance with extended data in separate tables.
jQuery - check minimal required version: 2012-01-24 How to make sure that right jQuery version is available.