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Video: Tom Preston-Werner & Github's Architecture
The latest webpulp.tv episode is up. Tom talks about a ton of stuff including Grit, Chimney, Unicorn, Redis and Resque, etc.
Vim Tips for Developers
I just wrote a post about useful Vim commands for developers - things that have been hard to find up to now.
Continuous Integration
I just released an episode of the Teach Me To Code podcast about Continuous Integration. Give it a listen!
Fixing Long Key Lengths in MySQL
How to fix long key lengths in MySQL using Rails migrations
5 Rails Plugins to Help Optimize Your MySQL
Optimizing your MySQL queries can be a pain. Using these plugins can help!
Aspect4r API and execution model
I have blogged about Aspect4r API and execution model recently. They should bring you a good understanding on how it works and how it can be used. If you have not give it a peek, now is the good time. As always, any suggestions/comments are welcome.
Need to pull some files from production ...
Need to pull some files from production to staging/testing/development? We now have daps for that. It’s like taps but for files!
Rails Best Practices 1: Fat Model – Skinny Controller
I’ve just published the first post about Rails Best Practices about Fat Model - Skinny Controller
Netzke (Rails + Ext JS framework) got a website
One place for all Netzke stuff: netzke.org
Get Rails 3 up and running in 10 minutes.
Instructions for getting Rails 3.0.0.beta4 up and running in 10 minutes. Features Cucumber, PostgreSQL, RVM, and Heroku. My Rails 3 gist.
PDFKit - Rethinking PDF Creation in Ruby
Jared Pace just launched PDFKit PDF generator that uses HTML/CSS. He blogged about it here!
gstore (0.1.0) ruby client for the Google Storage API
I just released gstore - a ruby client for the Google Storage API. [more inside]
twitter_oauth (0.4.0) now has support for Twitter Geo API
I’ve just added Geo API support to the twitter_oauth gem. More info on the Twitter Blog
RVM Gemsets + Bundler == Awesome
This is how I’ve been mixing RVM and Bundler lately. (the two were made for one another)
Sprite: CSS Sprite Image Generator
Just stumbled across a badass gem called Sprite. Sprite “helps generate css sprite images automagically.” On top of that, it has hooks for merb/rails/sinatra.
Introduction to Riak
A two hour intensive NoSQL training entitled “Introduction to Riak” as given by Sean Cribbs of Basho is available now for online viewing at the Red Dirt RubyConf website.
ExtJS/Rails CRUD Application in 7 Minutes
A write-up on how to quickly build a Task Manager web-application with Ext JS, Ruby on Rails, and Netzke: the article.
Whyday: Celebrating Why on August 19
A day to celebrate Why the lucky stiff. Build something weird!
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New docs site for Faye
If you’ve been using Faye, my HTTP messaging middleware for Rack, you should take a look at the new project site. Should be a bit easier to skim than the pile of text that previously resided on the GitHubs.
Improving application throughput 900%+ with asynchronous responses in Rails 3
Thanks to Mike Perham and Ilya Grigorik we now have the requirements necessary to build extremely fast and scalable asynchronous applications in Rails 3. I just ported an application over and got a throughput improvement of over 900%. Here is a short write-up with links to all the background info.
paperclip, factory_girl, shoulda all work on Rails 3
All thoughtbot gems now work on Rails 3 beta 4. This includes Paperclip, shoulda, factory_girl, hoptoad_notifier, clearance, high_voltage, and pacecar. Read more details on the thoughtbot blog.