3 Unix commands for finding performance problems – Effectif Development

3 Unix commands for finding performance problems – Effectif Development

fingernails in oatmeal, Metaprogramming: Ruby vs. Javascript

A very useful post on Ruby and Javascript metaprogramming. I learned a trick or two in both languages: fingernails in oatmeal, Metaprogramming: Ruby vs. Javascript

Tim Bray: Doing it Wrong

Tim Bray on Doing It Wrong.

Vineet Gupta: NoSql Databases Part 1 – Landscape

Vineet Gupta: NoSql Databases Part 1 – Landscape

Tim Bray on Personal Branding

After Branding

2009 Open Source Top Ten

From Maddox: 2009 Open Source Top Ten

Production Rails Tuning with Passenger: PassengerMaxProcesses

Production Rails Tuning with Passenger: PassengerMaxProcesses

Passenger 2.2.7 not reading RailsEnv like it used to Phusion Passenger Discussions | Google Groups

Passenger 2.2.7 broke a whole bunch of Rails apps I manage. It turns out that Passenger does not use the config.ru file for Rails, but if it’s there, it tries to load Rails as a Rack app. See the thread here, with info on the advantages of Passenger loading Rails as a non-Rack app. Passenger 2.2.7 not reading RailsEnv like it used to -
Phusion Passenger Discussions |
Google Groups

Less is Better: interview with DHH

Less is Better: UX Magazine’s interview with David Heinemeier Hansson is a very worthwhile read.

Railscasts – Formtastic Part 1 & 2

This is more like it:Railscasts – Formtastic Part 1 and Part 2.