Double Shot #572
There is no apparent end of code that needs to be written.
wysihat-engine-demo – Quick way to see the wysihat editing control in action.
RailsBridge Bugmash VM Script – Script to build your own server to test the Rails source code from zero.
bigrecord – ActiveRecord replacement to use distributed stores like HBase.
Heroku Add-ons – Solr, New Relic,...
Double Shot #566
Hoping for productivity, fearing sick kids.
First Step on Ruby Metaprogramming – Lots of links and some exercises.
Trollop – Simple command-line parser for Ruby.
Fix duplicates in Mac OS X “Open with…” Finder menu – This hit me hard recently. Fortunately the fix is easy.
Station – Version 0.3 of this CMS-as-an-engine is out.
staticmatic-compass-susy – Demo site...
Double Shot #534
I pulled the trigger and upgraded my main dev box to Snow Leopard. Took about 12 hours including some false starts, but all appears to be well.
Growl 1.2b2 – With Snow Leopard compatibility for GrowlMail.
Capistrano: Make sure there is something to deploy - Tip passed on by Matt Darby.
openid_engine – Rails engine wrapper around the...
Double Shot #533
Time to update Rails in your production applications.
iStatMenus 2.0 – I was happy to see this come out, since it’s one of the few things I missed after my Snow Leopard update killed the old version.
Ruby on Rails 2.3.4: Security Fixes – New version is out, as well as patches for 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2....
Migrating to Snow Leopard for Rails Development – A Definitive Guide
I spent a good chunk of the last couple of days upgrading one of my Macs to Snow Leopard (OS X 10.6), and keeping notes as I went. I had several goals here:
Develop a repeatable process I could use on my main development box
Set up multiple versions of Ruby, as I expect 1.9 compatibility to...
Double Shot #530
Just a few odds and ends this morning.
Compiling MySQL on Snow Leopard and Compiling Ruby, RubyGems, and Rails on Snow Leopard – A couple of useful guides from Dan Benjamin.
..and on the seventh day, Science created zsh – Shell setup help from Robby Russell.
CSS Sprites – Online tool to help build them.
Installing PostgreSQL on Snow...
Double Shot #529
I’ll likely be doing a Snow Leopard upgrade on my main dev box some time next week – after I have a good bootable backup. Meanwhile, I’ve collected a bunch of links to (I hope) avoid some of the trouble spots.
Other stuff
Clogger – Configurable request logging as Rack middleware.
Magic Model Generator 0.5 – Generate Rails...
Double Shot #525
Back to the dentist today. The fun just never ends.
qusion – Rails plugin for more seamless use of AMQP for messaging.
gemfeed – Get an RSS feed of updates to a set of gems you choose to watch. With a bit more polish, this will be useful.
Ruby One Niner – Another tale of upgrading a server...
