September 2008
3 posts
NeverBlock: Instant Scaling For Your Rails Apps →
Rails Performance (Thin Vs.NeverBlock::Thin)
The scaling characteristics under heavy load were benchmarked, we did so with 500 and 1000 concurrent requests.
Thin scaling
NeverBlock::Thin scaling
Memory consumption was recorded for the different configurations
Memory Consumption (Thin Vs. NeverBlock::Thin)
Git Community Book →
New Relic - Rails performance monitoring plugin →
June 2008
1 post
The Rails Documentation App - Rails-doc.org →
May 2008
5 posts
Clean your configuration with... →
Community Engine | A Social Networking Plugin for... →
Dynamically created methods in Ruby →
Use def, avoid define_method
“Imagine trying to make a Rails project LSB compliant — your database.yaml...”
– Puppet Blog: Development and More
flamefest: Twitter Said To Be Abandoning Ruby on... →
April 2008
39 posts
rails: Using Thin Instead Of Mongrel →
rails: From Param: How URL-Based Fetching Ought to... →
From Param will auto-magically save the to_param of your model to the specified parameter column (defaults to “param” but you can set it by calling set_param_column) and then automatically know to find by that column if it exists when from_param is called. This way, all you have to do is define a to_param that will be unique to your record and everything else is handled for you!
“the only writing that is of great value anymore is that which explains why...”
– Rex Hammock
“It may be easier than ever to build something and, perhaps because of social...”
– Why Johnny Can’t Scale
Hey Rails, nice Rack! →
Ezra is putting rack support into his fork of Rails.
Building a Social Network Site in Rails →
Pretty awesome list of plugins for building a new site.
rails: Database agnostic != database ignorant →
Basic SQL stuff that people using Rails need to know.
What's up in Ruby? - Niche search engine →
rails: Creating More Using Less Effort with Ruby... →
Decent intro guide for people who want to know what Rails is at 50,000 feet.
rails: Fail Early with misconfigured MySql adapter →
Here’s another case where this idea is useful. It’s well-known that the Ruby-based MySQL driver included with Rails isn’t suitable for use in production. In fact, Rails will produce this warning in the log if it is in use: WARNING: You’re using the Ruby-based MySQL library that ships with Rails. This library is not suited for production. Please...
Better Redirects in Rails →
Simple ways to redirect the user back-and-forth between pages. Like ‘edit then return to where you started the edit from’
msysgit - Windows git Client →
“Do stuff, instead of trying to make the non-stuff you are doing seem important.”
– AJ Valliant
The new attack on the RDBMS →
AppEngine / SimpleDB / CouchDB are coming up with new ways of doing scalable DBs. Will we have SQLite on the client and something else on the backend soon?
“anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is...”
– Robert Benchley
Using InnoSetup to Build a Self-Extracting Shoes...
I’m going to go into this one in more detail on the main blog sometime in the future. But I’m happy to say I was able to build Shoes app as a self-extracting Windows executable (~7MB). This is my file structure myprogram\Rakefile # This is where I stick static files that will be copied in the distribution myprogram\meta # full shoes install, with gems unpacked into the...
“Success is the continued absence of failure.”
– NOOP
Ruby River - FriendFeed →
Book Review: Design Patterns in Ruby →
Mini reviews of 19 Ruby template engines →
CruiseControl.rb - support cvs →
Ruby GUI Toolkits →
“Seriously, it is almost impossible to be fired as a programmer on a team if you...”
– Raganwald
Using New Gem Generator in Windows →
1) Install bdstar from gnuwin32 2) Create tar.bat and sudo.bat. Ensure they are on your windows path. 3) In tar.bat put the line: @bsdtar.exe %* 4) In sudo.bat put the line %*
Virtual Rails →
gems: Duration in Ruby on Rails →
chronic, but in the other direction.
rails/plugin: Rails schema browser plugin: proof... →
Pretty slick. Demo
RubyFlow : Community Filtered Ruby News →
New site for Ruby news, does a better job of filtering and summaries.
gems: Ruby-GitHub: Simple Access to the GitHub API →
user = GitHub.user('mbleigh') user.name # => "Michael Bleigh" user.repositories # => array of repositories user.repositories.last.name # => "ruby-github" user.repositories.last.url # => "http://github.com/mbleigh/ruby-github" user.repositories.last.commits # => array of commits (see below)
rails/plugin: Better Partials Plugin for Rails →
form, :show_header => true %>
“class BufferedConnection”
– Method Injection
MyBlogLog Claim
“The fact of the matter is that monkeys simply aren’t very stealthy. They are...”
– Virtuous Code › Announcing Ninja-Patching! (via drawohara)
“According to my preliminary tests, using Crack makes you 5 to 10 times more...”
– Announcing Ruby on Crack (via rubyist)
Rails Admins Plugins Review →
Still looks like ActiveScaffold FTW
“In the frenzy for viral loops and SEO, we quietly chugged away on building...”
– Tony Wright of RescueTime
“What kinda fuckin’ drugs was Larry Wall smokin’ when he designed...”
– Badtux the Snarky Penguin:
“A novice had a problem and could not find a solution. “I know,” said...”
– Erik Naggum
March 2008
60 posts
“That whole WWJD thing bugs me. People have been claiming to know my will for...”
– TweetJeebus
“But there’s another point of view, which says that people who might take...”
– Giles Bowkett