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Speed up Travis-CI build preparation time by 800%
I just write a guide how you can improve your builds times on Travis-CI
Readable booleans in Ruby
A nice trick to make your booleans more readable: Readable booleans in Ruby.
ITTIA DB SQL for MicroC/OS-II is Now Available!
ITTIA announces the release its new version for the MicroC/OS-II real-time kernel and MicroC/FS file system from Micrium. ITTIA DB SQL uses the multithreading primitives in MicroC/OS-II so that an application can connect to the same database concurrently from multiple tasks. This combination empowers compact, easy to use and flexible embedded and mobile application development.
I just launched <a href="http://rubygems.org/gems/dayset">Dayset</a>
I just launched Dayset With this gem you can generate a set of any number of days for a month or year, is useful for example when you have to divide a month in a fixed number of days, to create table partitions based on a date
active_model_pusher - pushing your models to Pusher
I’ve just released the active_model_pusher gem. It gives you a nice convention on naming channels and events and also serializes records for you. Push with one line of code!
Finally, A Sexy Way To Organize JS Files Using Rails Asset Pipeline
It is great that Rails asset pipeline compress all our js files into one big js file. But sometimes it introduces code conflicts and shits because what we really want is specific js code per page! Read more
Reader: A tool to read a link and extracts its data
I just released a gem Reader and I need your help guys to expand it. Read more
Chrome extension for Rails development
I’m developing Chrome extension for Rails development - RailsPanel. It displays Rails app requests in Developer Tools panel, provides insight to db/rendering/total times, parameter list, rendered views, SQLs and more. It’s still early in development but stable enough if anyone wants to try it.
shadowbox-rails gem
I just launched shadowbox-rails. It’s nothing more than shadowbox.js bundled for Rails 3.x assets pipeline. According to me, it’s one of the neat lightbox library out there, so we bundled it. Have fun :)
Virb: an interactive Vim REPL environment for IRB, Rails console, and Pry
The Virb gem provides an interactive Vim mode for IRB, Rails console, and Pry.
lua-mruby Released
Use mruby from within lua with lua-mruby!
That Heroku dynos auto-scaling thing for rails you always wanted!
Hey fellas, i just launched this little rubygem that can auto-scale your dynos count on heroku. Read more
Wiselinks-0.3.0 public release
Only a couple of days passed since last Wiselinks release, but we have already added new features to our gem and want to share them with you! Read more
Moneta - Second public release 0.7.0
It has been a while since Moneta has been released…but as a christmas present version 0.7.0. Read more
Rails Subscription Site with Recurly
The Rails Composer tool now offers a choice of Stripe or Recurly billing services when you choose to generate a membership/subscription/saas application. There’s a “crazy deep” tutorial for each version: rails-stripe-membership-saas and rails-recurly-subscription-saas.
Ruby wrapper for xxHash lib
I just released a Ruby wrapper for xxHash lib. xxHash is an extremely fast Hash algorithm, working at speeds close to RAM limits
What's new in Active Record as of Rails 4
Wrote up an article highlighting some of the biggest changes in Active Record coming in Rails 4. The post is database agnostic, so it doesn’t include PostgreSQL additions such as hstore and array.
Using Zeus to Pre-load Ruby on Rails Environments
If you’re frustrated by startup delays in Ruby on Rails, try Zeus. Here’s what I did.
chruby 0.3.0 released!
chruby 0.3.0 was released! What’s new: Read more
newrelic-grape released
I released newrelic-grape gem to add newrelic instrumentation into grape, the micro frameword for creating REST-like APIs. I also wrote a blog post to introduce.
Wiselinks – if Turbolinks is not enough for you.
While the end of days is coming, we in JetRockets decided that we have to share our latest products with you. Read more
Ruby email2fax gateway
Cristian just open-sourced Ruby email2fax gateway Please enjoy it and contribute back.
Machine Learning with Ruby, Part One
I just published an article on Machine Learning in Ruby. It uses the JRuby Mahout gem to show how to create a simple recommendation engine.
Moving forward with WebSockets
If you are interested in WebSockets and working with Ruby then this post should be interesting for you. If you are new or just plan to do so then don’t forget to check out new server and client!
Advanced image transformations in the cloud with CarrierWave & Cloudinary
This blog post describes how to easily generate advanced image transformations for your Ruby on Rails applications while using the CarrierWave GEM for uploading images to the cloud and assigning them to your ActiveRecord or Mongoid model. All image transformations and delivery are done in the cloud by Cloudinary.