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allanjamesvestal / quote-extractor-prompt.txt

Created March 7, 2026 20:17

Quote extractor

	I’m building a browser-based web tool for internal use by journalists in a newsroom. This tool should have a text box where users can enter the text of an article, and it should then extract all the quotes from that article.

	Each quote should be displayed, one after the other, and the tool should let users write in the speaker for each one.

	The tool should only use HTML, CSS and basic JavaScript. (Do not use any external JavaScript or CSS dependencies.) It should be able to run without needing to send any data to the Internet.

	Ask me any additional questions you need to get started creating this code, then generate a draft HTML/JavaScript/CSS tool.

allanjamesvestal / interactive-table-demo-prompt.txt

Created March 7, 2026 20:00

Interactive table demo prompt

	Build me an interactive database exploration tool using only HTML, CSS and basic JavaScript. (Do not use any external JavaScript or CSS dependencies.)

	The tool will load a JSON file containing a list of objects. Each object will have fields called "name", "year", "county", "initialMOD", "auditMOD" and "disagreement". An example of data is here:

	[
	{name: "John Smith", year: "2023", "county": "Arlington", "initialMOD": "Accident", "auditMOD": "Homicide", disagreement: "All", moreInfo: null},
	{name: "Jane Doe", year: "2005", "county": "Fairfax", "initialMOD": "Accident", "auditMOD": "Accident", disagreement: "None", moreInfo: "This is important information."},
	{name: "Suzy Cupcakes", year: "2013", "county": "Washtenaw", "initialMOD": "Undetermined", "auditMOD": "Undetermined", disagreement: "Some", moreInfo: "Something else"},
	]

allanjamesvestal / sample-article.txt

Created March 7, 2026 19:46

Sample article for quote extractor

	Maryland transportation officials said Friday they will speed up the development of a new bus division in Baltimore as part of a long-term plan to improve Baltimore’s sprawling bus network.

	Maryland Transit Administrator Holly Arnold told members of the Baltimore Regional Transit Commission that her agency is moving up nearly $25 million in the multiyear budget to allow her team to acquire the real estate for a new bus depot sooner. That includes $10 million for the facility’s design, neither of which was included in the previous budget.

	Creating a new, fifth bus division is the linchpin for the BMORE Bus plan, a long-term vision to expand and improve Baltimore’s bus service that has received a steady drumbeat of support from transit advocates and city politicians since its release last year.

	Funding for the plan was not included in Gov. Wes Moore’s proposed state budget for the coming fiscal year, released in January.

	Arnold’s announcement comes about a week after state Sen. President Bill Ferguson reque

allanjamesvestal / print-server-stats.sh

Created May 4, 2021 01:21

A simple util to print an EC2 instance's IP, along with disk and RAM usage stats.

	#!/bin/zsh
	SELF_IP=$(curl --silent http://checkip.amazonaws.com)

	MEMORY_READING=$(free --bytes \| grep 'Mem')
	MEMORY_AVAILABLE=$(echo $MEMORY_READING \| awk '{print $7}')
	MEMORY_TOTAL=$(echo $MEMORY_READING \| awk '{print $2}')
	MEMORY_USED=$(echo "$MEMORY_TOTAL $MEMORY_AVAILABLE" \| awk '{print($1 - $2)}')
	MEMORY_PCT=$(
	echo "$MEMORY_USED $MEMORY_TOTAL" \| \
	awk '{printf("%.2f\n", ($1 / $2) * 100)}' \

allanjamesvestal / index.html

Last active April 19, 2018 16:15

All Tests Pass week 14 (source: http://jsbin.com/nigoxufore)

	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta charset="utf-8">
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
	<title>JS Bin</title>
	</head>
	<body>

	<script id="jsbin-javascript">

allanjamesvestal / campaignfinance-denton.csv

Created March 27, 2018 14:26

Campaign finance: political contributions made by Denton residents

We can't make this file beautiful and searchable because it's too large.

	recipient_id,recipient,contribution_id,contrib_date,amount,description,contributor_type,contributor,contrib_city,contrib_state,contrib_zip,contrib_employer,contrib_occupation,contrib_job_title,filed_date,is_amended,,,,,,,,,
	11906,Texas Democratic Party,100033752,2014-05-30,600,,ENTITY,Lemuel Texas Enterprises Inc,Denton,TX,76209,,,,2014-07-15,f,,,,,,,,,
	11906,Texas Democratic Party,100032861,2004-06-04,400,,ENTITY,Denton County Democratic Party Sustaining Members,Denton,TX,76209,,,,2004-07-16,f,,,,,,,,,
	11906,Texas Democratic Party,100033795,2014-06-16,500,,ENTITY,Bogle,Denton,TX,76201,,,,2014-07-15,f,,,,,,,,,
	13805,"Hinojosa, Juan J",100035846,2012-12-03,500,,ENTITY,Friends of UNT PAC,Denton,TX,76205,,,,2013-01-15,f,,,,,,,,,
	13805,"Hinojosa, Juan J",100036031,2014-12-15,500,,ENTITY,Friends of UNT PAC,Denton,TX,76205,,,,2015-01-15,f,,,,,,,,,
	13805,"Hinojosa, Juan J",100039719,2010-11-26,500,,ENTITY,Friends of UNT PAC,Denton,TX,76205,,,,2011-01-18,f,,,,,,,,,

allanjamesvestal / dallas-restaurants.csv

Last active November 9, 2017 14:56

establishment_name	address	city	zip_code	date	inspection_type	raw_score	normalized_numeric_grade	normalized_letter_grade
KIKKA	2118 ABRAMS RD #100	Dallas	75214	10/19/2016	Routine	85	85	B
ASO ROCK RESTAURANT & LOUNGE	9220 SKILLMAN ST #115	Dallas	75243	11/23/2016	Routine	82	82	B
STOP-N-SHOP FOOD MART	3195 GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY #A-1	Dallas	75216	05/08/2017	Routine	90	90	A
LUNA COCINA	4300 PARRY AVE	Dallas	75223	03/22/2017	Routine	83	83	B
JOHN NEELY BRYAN ELEM SCHOOL	2001 DEER PATH DR	Dallas	75216	10/25/2016	Routine	100	100	A
SOUTH OAK CLIFF H S	3601 S MARSALIS AVE	Dallas	75216	05/23/2017	Routine	100	100	A
MIS CAZUELAS RESTAURANT	4933 COLUMBIA AVE	Dallas	75214	01/31/2017	Routine	69	69	D
WAL-MART #3341 GROCERY	2305 N CENTRAL EXPW	Dallas	75204	06/12/2017	Routine	94	94	A
LA MICHOACANA MEAT MARKET - TAQUERIA	3380 LOMBARDY LN	Dallas	75220	12/07/2016	Routine	88	88	B

allanjamesvestal / keybase.md

Created February 9, 2017 22:34

I hereby claim:

To claim this, I am signing this object:

	#!/bin/zsh
	SELF_IP=$(curl --silent http://checkip.amazonaws.com)

	MEMORY_READING=$(free --bytes \| grep 'Mem')
	MEMORY_AVAILABLE=$(echo $MEMORY_READING \| awk '{print $7}')
	MEMORY_TOTAL=$(echo $MEMORY_READING \| awk '{print $2}')
	MEMORY_USED=$(echo "$MEMORY_TOTAL $MEMORY_AVAILABLE" \| awk '{print($1 - $2)}')
	MEMORY_PCT=$(
	echo "$MEMORY_USED $MEMORY_TOTAL" \| \
	awk '{printf("%.2f\n", ($1 / $2) * 100)}' \

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