Gentoo Kernel Update
Do you also do the same thing every time a new kernel ends up in your /usr/portage? Here's a Ruby script that does all required steps automatically for you: The kernel symlink gets updated to point to...
View ArticleRedirecting $stdout to Logger with Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails on FastCGI on Apache is a pretty fast and robust combination. Unfortunately FastCGI do doesn't like output on "standard out", i.e. $stdout in Ruby. Brian Pontarelli has an article...
View ArticleRDT and RadRails Keyboard Shortcuts
RDT together with RadRails on Eclipse is a pretty convenient development environment when doing things in Ruby on Rails. A little unknown are the keyboard shortcuts, which make your day even more...
View ArticleDevelopers are Musicians
Some random (and slightly interpreted) quotes by Ryan McMinn of unspace.ca, a Canadian project company:Specs = SpeculationsContracts induce Software that works but sucksDeveloping Software is getting a...
View ArticleRuby on Rails: gettext + memcache = trouble
The latest Ruby gettext 1.10.0 gem broke the memcache based fragment caching of the current project I'm working on. I figured out what the problem was. gettext 1.10.0 tries to localize caching of...
View ArticleMemory Leaks in GetText for Ruby on Rails
Version 1.90.0 of GetText for Ruby has quite some memory leaks in its Rails support files. In my case, the memory Mongrel used increased by 1 MB with each request it served... Quite amazing that you...
View Articletimed_fragment_cache on Rails 2.1
With Rails 2.1 cache_erb_fragment has been replaced by write_fragment. This breaks a plugin I really enjoy to use: timed_fragment_cache by Richard Livsey.It basically allows you to specify an expiry...
View ArticleMay I Cite Myself?
Well I'll just do it. Maybe it's because I'm motivated by my new blog theme. Or maybe because my blog is now running on Drupal instead of Wordpress - well what the heck? ;-)Anyway, I tought it's time...
View ArticleRuby's "each" for JavaScript
Wow! 30 new subscribers due to my last blog posting about JavaScript inheritance: Welcome dear new readers :-) Due to this fact I've decided to try out something new. No fancy new technologies for...
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