Double Shot #1453
- Handling Security Issues in Open Source Projects - A roadmap for quick and secure fixes.
- Ruby Isn't Dead - Indeed, it isn't. Some people just like posturing.
- "Assume Everything Will Break" Development - Some thoughts on protecting the end user from the consequences of your sloppy untested code.
Double Shot #1452
Happy New Year. Hope 2014 treated you well, and 2015 does even better.
- Docker Image Insecurity - A skeptical look at Docker's current image signing system.
- Curated Git Links of 2014 - Mostly fixes for some common "oops" issues with git.
- Atom Shell - Framework for desktop applications written using web technologies, extracted from the Atom editor.
Double Shot #1451
- PostgreSQL 9.4 Increases Flexibility, Scalability and Performance - Another nice end of the year present.
- Vulnerability announced: update your git clients - Not really an issue unless you're in the habit of downloading random git trees, but update anyhow.
- Awesome Awesomeness - Curated list of curated lists of resource for various computer languages and topics.
Double Shot #1450
- Rails 4.2: Active Job, Asynchronous Mails, Adequate Record, Web Console, Foreign Keys - Merry Christmas from the Rails team.
- Ruby 2.2.0 Released - And from the Ruby team.
- The Eudyptla Challenge - Why not learn to patch the Linux kernel while you're on vacation?
Double Shot #1449
- fake2db - Build an entire database filled with plausible fake data with one command.
- Announcing the Launch of iOS and Android Support on CircleCI - News from the CI service I use.
- Dare - Use Ruby to create games that run in your browser.
Double Shot #1448
- Rails 4.2.0.rc3 has been released! - A few days ago, actually. Cold weather slows me down.
- You Don't Need jQuery! - How to do some things with pure JS.
- Working Effectively with Unit Tests - A new eBook from Jay Fields.
Double Shot #1447
- Announcing RubyMotion 3.0: Android Platform, WatchKit Apps, and More - Fresh goodies for people who want to write apps using Ruby.
- Refile - "Refile is an attempt by CarrierWave's original author to fix the design mistakes and overengineering in CarrierWave."
- Vagrant Push: One Command to Deploy Any Application - More on Vagrant's new workflow hooks.
Double Shot #1446
- Couscous - Static site builder aimed specifically at pushing versioned Markdown documentation to GitHub pages.
- Skeleton - Simple responsive CSS boilerplate just to get a new site started.
- Atlas - Deployment framework designed to tie other tools together with Vagrant in a simple workflow.
- gitfs - Mount a git repo as a file system and automatically turn edits into commits.
Double Shot #1445
- Seagull - Web UI to monitor your Docker stuff.
- Docker extensions: the new Docker plugin model - Some notes as to how the Docker ecosystem is evolving.
- Why did Koding move away from containers and Docker to virua machines? - Not everyone is drinking the Docker koolaid.
- Traveling Ruby - Self-contained ruby binaries for Linux and OS/X, from the folks who brought you Passenger.
Double Shot #1444
- Write the Docs - A site focused on the art and practice of writing software documentation.
- Simple, free continuous integration (CI) of Rails Docker images using fig, make, and CircleCI - Lashing together some of the pieces.
- Rails 4.2.0.rc2 has been released! - On track to ship for Christmas.
- TorqueBox 4 Alpha1 Released - JRuby application servers don't get as much print as they used to, but they can still make a lot of sense for high traffic sites.
Double Shot #1443
- MacGap - Build native OS X applications using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
- Fossil - One of the lesser-known distributed SCM systems.
- X Ray Machine - Logging and profiling for external API calls in your Rails logs.
- Announcing Docker Machine, Swarm, and Compose for Orchestrating Distributed Apps - Orchestration capabilities as a native part of Docker.
Double Shot #1442
- PSequel - Free PostgreSQL GUI for OS X. Not as flexible as, say, Navicat but a heck of a lot cheaper.
- Caravan: Ruby API Versioning & Enforcement - A sample implementation of a version-enforced API server using Sinatra.
- Ezra Zygmuntowicz Memorial Fund for his son Ryland - If you work in Ruby, likely you've benefitted from Ezra's work. This is a chance to give something back after his untimely death.
- How to make your code self-documenting - Some ways to refactor for clarity.
Double Shot #1441
- Ruby 2.2.0-preview2 Released - It's what the cool cutting-edge kids are running these days.
- Rails 4.2.0.rc1 has been released! - And speaking of cutting-edge, it's getting close to time to update your production Rails again. In my experience this is plenty stable enough to test with by now.
- Devops Bookmarks - My word there are a lot of devops tools out there now.
Double Shot #1440
- Log Tagging in Rails - How to make it easier to find all the responses related to a single request in your logs.
- Minispec - Yep, it's a new test framework for Ruby code, with simple syntax.
- OmniSharp - "Cross platform .NET development" in a variety of text editors.
Double Shot #1439
- Ko1 at RubyConf 2014: Massive Garbage Collection Speedup in Ruby 2.2 - The underpinnings of our Ruby code continue to improve.
- Elk-ing All the Way - A story of improvement via ElasticSsearch, Logstash, and kibana.
- boxmodel-rails - Set padding, margins, and borders without writing any actual CSS.
- Introducing Phusion Passenger 5 beta 1, codename "Raptor" - What's coming in the next version and why it's faster.
Double Shot #1438
- CotEditor 2.0 - Free syntax highlighting plain text editor for OS X.
- Matz at RubyConf 2014: Will Ruby 3.0 Be Statically Typed? - Ack, I hope not. My brain is full already.
- What is gngr? - A new browser that promises privacy-first. Vaporware so far though.
Double Shot #1437
- A Rails Development Environment Using Docker Through Fig - Orchestrating multiple Docker images for quick onboarding.
- logspout - Get your Docker logs out to somewhere that you can look at them.
- Firebug 3 - Next Generation of Firebug - Firebug is finally merging into the native Firefox Developer Tools.
Double Shot #1436
- Scribble - Templating language similar to Liquid, designed to be safe to use with customer-provided templates.
- Speed up JavaScript Capybara Specs by Blacklisting URLs - Do you really need those fonts in your test environment?
- Building C#/ASP.NET Apps on a Mac with vNext - Technically sexy but it still won't get me back into the Microsoft fold. Not that working with Apple is any better.
Double Shot #1435
Double Shot #1434
- ru - Gem to allow you to use Ruby at the command line.
- Curly - Template language that depends on encapsulating all logic in presenters.
- SimonSays! - Role-based access control system for Rails built to work with devise.
- CVE-2014-8090: Another Denial of Service XML Expansion - And therefore another new set of Ruby releases.
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