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hopping in the cloud

tyler — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:29:18 +0000

Hopping in the cloud – GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS. thoughtbot just switched hoptoad over to engineyard cloud for hosting. interesting write-up of how they did the migration.

rack::throttle

tyler — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:26:05 +0000

Rack::Throttle – HTTP Request Rate Limiter for Rack Applications. this might come in handy.

rails 3 reading material

tyler — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:45:12 +0000

Rails 3 Reading Material. list of blog posts with info about Rails 3. Handy since every post seems to be outdated 2 weeks later.

active record query interface 3.0

tyler — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:12:27 +0000

Active Record Query Interface 3.0. lots of syntax changes to activerecord for rails 3.

revamped routes in rails 3

tyler — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:59:51 +0000

Revamped Routes in Rails 3 | Rizwan Reza. i have some pretty nasty route files in my projects. this is a welcome change.

mongoid

tyler — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:45:44 +0000

Mongoid. another mongo/ruby library. similar syntax to activerecord.

mongo is to db what rails was to frameworks

tyler — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:16:03 +0000

Why I think Mongo is to Databases what Rails was to Frameworks // RailsTips by John Nunemaker. points out 7 very useful features of mongo.

noSQL with mySQL in ruby – friendly

tyler — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:38:55 +0000

NoSQL with MySQL in Ruby – Friendly. takes the FriendFeed approach of serializing to json in a single column and using seperate tables to build indexes. there’s a write-up on the author’s website with quite a few question/comments.

google closure compiler

tyler — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:32:20 +0000

mkelly12’s google_closure_compiler – GitHub. rails plugin for optimizing your javascript.

mail_safe

tyler — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:24:16 +0000

myronmarston’s mail_safe at master – GitHub. gem for rerouting email in development environments. i’m pretty sure if i just think hard enough, every gem i need just magically appears on github.

building a twitter filter with sinatra, redis, and tweetStream

tyler — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:21:55 +0000

Building a Twitter Filter With Sinatra, Redis, and TweetStream. from the title you’d think the article was just autogenerated from popular words on a bunch of ruby rss feeds.

nginx & comet: low latency server push

tyler — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:39:15 +0000

Nginx & Comet: Low Latency Server Push – igvita.com. nginx is certified badass.

make your shoulda tests faster with fast_context

tyler — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:18:14 +0000

Make your shoulda tests faster with fast_context. need to try this out as i use both shoulda and factory_girl.

shopify app store

tyler — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:32:05 +0000

Shopify Application Store. shopify launched a platform making store add-ons kinda like salesforce.com. yet one more reason to use shopify for your online vending.

heroku

tyler — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:09:17 +0000

Heroku is production ready. hands-off Rails hosting. some interesting pricing options plus nice add-ons like background jobs, cron jobs, etc.

futureRuby

tyler — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:57:50 +0000

RubyFringe presents… FutureRuby. unspace will be hosting another conference this summer. you would be foolish to miss it.

golden gate ruby conference

tyler — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:17:39 +0000

Golden Gate Ruby Conference. unspace shall be there.

tokyo cabinet: beyond key-value store

tyler — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:34:49 +0000

Tokyo Cabinet: Beyond Key-Value Store – igvita.com. another crazy article from iilya.

couchfoo

tyler — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:30:08 +0000

CouchFoo: Like ActiveRecord, but for CouchDB. though it’s odd that it has a dependency on another couchDB library (CouchRest). CouchDB 0.9a can now also be easily installed via macports.

engine yard solo

tyler — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:14:08 +0000

Engine Yard : Solo. get engine yard builds, tools, and support on EC2 instances. interesting choice for web hosting.