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Dotify: A dotfile CLI management tool
I just created Dotify, which is a CLI tool to manage those crazy dotfiles on your system. No more custom solutions to manage those pesky things.
My (new) favourite RSpec pattern
New blog post: My (new) favourite RSpec pattern
Walrus.js - Logic-full client-side templating
I just launched walrus.js, Mustache + ActionView for the client-side.
Dynabix: An ActiveRecord Ruby gem for attribute serialization
Presenting Dynabix. Dynabix is an ActiveRecord 3.x RubyGem that facilitates attribute serialization via dynamically created read/write accessors. Read our into blog article here www.gearheadforhire.com
Octopress - Category List Plug-in
I just launched Octopress - Category List Plug-in.
SPDY & Secure Proxy Support in Google Chrome
Chrome supports SSL-based proxies, which allows us to setup and use fast and secure SPDY proxies! A DIY guide for setting up your own SPDY proxy, ala Amazon Silk.
Hibernate and ITTIA DB SQL Provide Embedded Java Persistence
ITTIA DB JDBC driver supports Hibernate which provides powerful, high performance relational persistence and query options for high-level, database-driven, Java applications. In addition, the ITTIA DB JDBC driver includes a Hibernate dialect that developers can use to quickly set up the Hibernate environment, and supports a rich set of Hibernate functions and fundamental data types.
Upgrading old authentication to new Devise
Are you moving your authentication algorithm to new one? Here is how I did it with new Devise.
Using Rails Gems Like simple_form in Sinatra Or Anywhere
Have you ever wanted to use simple_form in a Sinatra app? The new cells version allows using Rails gems outside of Rails in any environment. And surprisingly this article describes how this works!
Exefy 'Em All
If you want to get rid of Gem batch files on RubyInstaller Ruby versions on Windows check out the article about new gem-exefy gem
Patterns can be bad too.
Just wrote a really short plead on a worrisome trend. Think before you do.
Rails 4.0 Sneak Peek: Queueing
Check out the new Queue system in Rails 4.0
R18n 1.0.0, i18n for Rails/Ruby
I I’ve just release R18n 1.0.0, an i18n library for Rails/Ruby with some extra features and clean architecture. Read more
The steps Boston Ruby is taking to become newbie-friendly
The steps Boston Ruby is taking to become friendly to beginners, on the OpenHatch blog.
Just released chef-handler-librato 1.1.0
I just released chef-handler-librato, which allows you to send chef metrics to Librato metrics.
http-parser-lite, a skinny wrapper around Joyent http-parser
I just released . It’s yet another wrapper around Joyent http-parser. I wanted to keep the API simple & the code minimal. Read more
Gon v3.0.5 is out
New option (:need_type) and fixes for old ones with small refactoring, soon there will be convenient wiki instead of long README.
Catche - No more sweepers or observers
I just released catche. A caching library for Ruby on Rails. Automatic expiration of resource and collection caches with minimal configuration. Even supports multiple (polymorphic) associations.
Lessons Learned: First 6 Months of Running a Rails Consultancy
Maybe off-topic but we do develop all Rails! I’ve collected some thoughts and reflected on what has gone right and what has gone wrong (and how it was fixed) for starting a Rails consultancy in the past 6 months.
BlueBoard opensource statusboard
We have just launched our first beta version of BlueBoard! BlueBoard is a slick project dashboard/statusboard ala PanicBoard and statusboard.me. It is a standalone HTML/CSS3/Javascript client that can be hooked to any service that delivers a BlueBoard compatible JSON payload. Read more
Using Sublime Text 2 with Ruby and RSpec
I just posted about how I use Sublime Text 2 with Ruby and RSpec, including automatically kicking off tests in Terminal.app.
EmailRecipientGuard: send outgoing email always to the same address
With EmailRecipientGuard you can configure ActionMailer to always send outgoing email to the same address (useful for example for development or staging environments).
Lazy-loaded object
My blog post about Lazy-loaded object.
API Taster - A quick and easy way to visually test out your application's API
API Taster - A quick and easy way to visually test out your application’s API. Read more
active_record_uuid 0.1.0 released
I just released active_record_uuid yesterday. It is a nice gem that uuid support to your activerecord model. It allows you to store uuid in various formats: binary (16 bytes), base64 (24 bytes), hexdigest (32 bytes), or string (36 bytes), and query back with uuid string.