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I'm Sean.

I write about #software, #SaaS, #consulting and #mobile app development

I code in #Python, #PHP, #Swift, #Ruby, #ReactJS and #Postgres


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Chunk an FLV File into Multiple Parts
The format is as follows ffmpeg -i <input file> -ss <starting point> -t <length of capture> <output file> ffmpeg -i Input_File.flv -ss 00:00:00 -t 00:10:00 Output_Filename.flv http://www.surfthedream.com.au/blog/Archives/november...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Generate MySQL Datetime Type Using PHP Date() Function
If you want to insert a datetime that matches the default mysql datetime type format use this date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
My First Ruby Gem: Hashed_Attributes
I just wrote and released my first Ruby Gem, Hashed Attributes https://rubygems.org/gems/hashed_attributes. It is a very simple ActiveRecord extension for saving variables through a serialized hash. The Gem will let you declare getter and setter methods t...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How To Enable IFrame Support on Heroku with Ruby on Rails and Sinatra
This actually has more to do with Rails and/or Sinatra than it does with Heroku. You have to enable IFrame support in your headers explicitly. With Rails you can add this to your config/application.rb file config.action_dispatch.default_headers = ...
Written by Sean Behan on 08/25/2013
Quick Syntax to Pipe an SQL Query Directly to a file
Here is a quick way to put the contents of a database table into a simple text file. This could be handy if for example, you just want to grab some emails and pop the results into a simple csv file. Your sql statement can be as creative as sql allows. All...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012