
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...
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It’d be nice if at least one project were running smoothly right now.Free Farm-Fresh Web Icons – A thousand 16×16 and 32×32 icons from FatCow Web Hosting.
Discontinuing Resourcelogic – I gotta say that I agree with the argument here about the perils of aggressively DRYing controllers by hiding their details in a plugin.
RailsBridge BugMash...
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Congratulations to GitHub on a successful move.Generate gem.yml and .gems for Rails - Handy when deploying to Engine Yard or Heroku.
SVN Server Admin Issue: Fix It! – The fact that naive Capistrano deploys can put excess and dangerous files on your server if you’re using SVN has been discovered again.
BugMash Cheat Sheet – Put...
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Who invented teeth, anyhow? Bad idea.Skype call recording with bookmarked, mind-mapped notes – Nice. Might be almost enough to make me start using Skype for voice calls.
A/Bingo – New plugin for Rails A/B testing. Looks pretty slick.about:me – Cute Firefox addin to show your usage trends.
I switched to Ruby 1.9 (and you should too)...
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Birthday season is just about over around here. A good thing, as I need to get some work done.open_gem – Gem extension to make it simple to open installed gems in your text editor. I’ve mentioned this before, but it’s still gaining useful features and I find I’m using it daily.
Ruby 1.8.6pl383 released –...
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The early bird gets to put up links first.ken – Ruby API for accessing the ambitious Freebase.
loofah – New HTML sanitizer built on top of nokogiri, complete with built-in Active Record hooks.
JavaScript RegExp Tester – This came in handy the other day.
Rails Bugmash August 2009: Before, During & After – Another view of...
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I’m back on the early shift this morning. With luck that will carry through to writing a bunch of code today.flow_pagination – Endless pagination (Twitter style) plugin for the popular will_paginate.
BigOldRailsTemplate – A Whole Dummy App in a Rails Template – A kind review from Rails Inside.
Rails BugMash on RailsBridge – Wrapup post from...
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The 1.0 release of Rails Freelancing Handbook is out. Head over to the site to pick up your copy if you’re registered, or to find out how to buy one if you haven’t already.distance_of_time_in_words – This version by Ryan Bigg removes the vagueness in the Rails core version.
Mercurial: The Definitive Guide – Online book...
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Lots of people are excited about Rails and 37Signals being mentioned in Microsoft’s annual Form 10-K. I think that’s just silly. This isn’t any sort of acknowledgement that Microsoft considers us a serious threat; it’s a “cover your ass” survey of software and firms whose business overlaps that of Microsoft. For some perspective, go...
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I hope a lot of you are planning to participate in the Rails BugMash – it’s shaping up to be a lot of fun.Psychology of Abundance and Creating a self-organizing environment – A couple of reports from last weekend’s Ruby on Rails Outreach Workshop for Women, by Sarah Allen and Ilen Zazueta-Hall.
Users and Passwords...
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