• Marta - Two-panel file manager for macOS to handle all your nostalgia needs.
• Balanced Employee IP Agreement - GitHub is doing its part to fight the notion that your employer owns all the code you write anywhere any time.
• Decoupling from Rails [Part 1] - Respository and UseCase - I'm just not sure WHY I would want to split my application logic off into extra architecture. I've got software to ship.

• Ruby 2.4.1 Released - Guess it might be time to actually install this somewhere.
• GitLab 9.0 Released with Subgroups and Deploy Boards - Just another reminder that GitHub is not the only game in town.
• Dawson - Serverless web framework that wires up Node.js to AWS Lambda and a variety of other AWS services.

• Tunnels - HTTPS to HTTP proxy, which makes testing your HTTPS code in development a bit simpler.
• Invoker - Replacement for Pow with Procfile support and built-in HTTPS support.
• The New 'Absent Operator' in Ruby's Regular Expressions - as if Regexp wasn't complicated enough already.

• Google Data Studio - New tool for building pretty interactive reports on the web.
• Netlify CMS - Git-backed CMS built in React.js.
• Pijul - New version control system written in Rust. It's at 0.3 and supposed to be useable if you want to live dangerously.

• Improve the Bus Factor - Target your open source work by finding much-used libraries with few maintainers.
• Ruby Heroes Farewell - Frankly, I think this is overdue. As Olivier says, "despite the initial focus of Ruby Heroes having been to shine a light on underappreciated members of the community, it has invariably become a place to annoint respected members of the community..."
• The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2017 - Ruby continues its slow decline. Good thing for me I'm moving into management these days.

• Your favorite languages, now on Google App Engine - Including Node.js and ruby.
• Google Spreadsheets and Ruby - I might need this, given that I'm dealing with a lot of management-by-spreadsheet these days.
• Amazon WorkDocs Update – Commenting & Reviewing Enhancements and a New Activity Feed - Seems like everyone and his dog is doing document commenting these days.

• Heroku Exec (Beta) - Secure TCP and SSH tunnels into running dynos.
• Stop spending engineering effort solving problems you don't have - A nice rant. Maybe a bit overstated, but still nice. I too pine for the days when we could just post web pages and call it done.
• Pi-Hole - DNS ad blocker for your entire network.

If you want to work with me, here's our current job listing for a Senior Software Engineer in US/Canada. We're also hiring a Software Engineer in UK or EU..

• Coming Soon - ActiveRuby, the World's Best Ruby Distribution - As far as I can tell, they're marketing to enterprise fear. "Why take risks with open source Ruby and community support?"
• Kamisama - A fresh take on starting and monitoring background worker processes. We've been wrestling with upstart lately, this looks like it's worth investigating.
• Decent Exposure gem - Another take on drying up Rails controllers.

• UnCSS - Tool for removing unused CSS styles as part of your JS build chain.
• Zebras Unite - An attempt to identify viable alternatives to VC-driven unicorn culture. I'm not convinced by it all, but appreciate the alternative viewpoint (and I'm personally happy to be working for a company that is more zebra than unicorn).
• ctop - Command-line monitoring utility for containers.

• How we organize GitHub issues: A simple styleguide for tagging - Not a bad-looking system. Maybe I could get our corporate repos away from inventing random tags at random times.
• rearmed-js - If you don't like JavaScript syntax, just change it.
• CSS Remynification: A completely crazy idea that worked - Minify ALL THE THINGS!

• Security 101 for SaaS startups - Some concrete advice, but more importantly an overall framework for thinking about the problem space.
• Understanding Git Filter-branch and the Git Storage Model - Not sure I really want to understand this, but my hat's off to those who do.
• Git as a NoSql Database - Because when you have a really big hammer, you might as well use it to smash things.

• space_elevator - Ruby client gem for ActionCable applications.
• Phoenix 1.3 is pure love for API development - A look at some of the changes in the upcoming release.
• Mozilla Acquires Pocket - I don't know that this is going to make me look any more kindly on Pocket.

• Slicing up Rails Application.js for Faster Load Times - A good technique to be aware of as your application grows.
• Git LFS 2.0.0 is here! - Improved large file support courtesy of GitHub engineering.
• What is Proper Continuous Integration? - Some metrics to compare your CI story with a notion of the ideal.

• Turbolinks' Lifecycle Explained - With a lot of devs I know the lifecycle is "spin up new app, remove Turbolinks" but I'm sure there are people who use them.
• [ANN] Rails 5.0.2 has been released! - Another step forward.
• Dodging S3 Downtime With Nginx and HAProxy - Implementing a local read cache for AWS S3 assets.

• Cerebro - Cross-platform "productivity booster with a brain" - same basic niche as Spotlight or Alfred.
• rib - Lightweight & extensible replacement for irb.
• Freeter - Task organizer and command center for OS X users juggling multiple projects.

• httpstat.us - Generate different HTTP response codes, so you can test out how your own code responds. Also useful: The HTTP Status Codes reference.
• DeployStack - Curated list of web hosting and support resources at various price points.
• Rails 5.1.0.beta1: Loving JavaScript, System Tests, Encrypted Secrets, and more - Looks like 5.1 is far more than a maintenance release.

• Hello, my name is David - I don't always agree with DHH but this time he nails it. I've walked out of interviews over puzzle programming sessions and urge everyone to do the same.
• Beaker - Experimental web browser with built-in hosting and peer-to-peer protocols baked in.
API Design Guide and Designing robust and predictable APIs with idempotency - Advice from Google and Stripe respectively.

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• How terrible code gets written by perfectly sane people - I found myself nodding in agreement with this one quite a bit.
• Faster RSpec: Profiling FactoryGirl - How to figure out where to concentrate your optimization efforts.
• IBM Data Science Experience: Whole-Cluster Privilege Escalation Disclosure - Docker, a whole new way to get massive security issues shipped.

• dawnscanner - Static security scanner for Sinatra, Padrino and Rails applications.
• mac-dev-playbook - Use Ansible to manage your OS X development box.
• $5 Showdown: Linode vs. DigitalOcean vs. Amazon Lightsail vs. Vultr - You can get a fair amount of cloud server for five bucks a month these days.