06 September 2010

The Ruby Reflector

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By Jake Scruggs of Jake Scruggs 9 days ago.
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RT @ sudhindraRao Whatever works in # java does not work in # ruby. Even huge classes are maintainable. @ rubykaigi

.@nusco's favorite metaprogramming trick is method_missing. I thought he was kidding but he was not. # rubykaigi

When he said method_missing I grabbed the microphone back and responded: "Really?" I couldn't help myself. I tend to avoid method_missing. There's usually a way to do what you want with other programming tricks.

Modules are extremely …

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By Jake Scruggs of Jake Scruggs 10 days ago.
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RT @ headius Ruby 1.8.8 will release this year and be the last 1.8 release. Some debate still about whether to backport 1.9.2 features. # rubykaigi

Ah, Charles got to got to the secret Ruby Core meeting so he's in the know. Actually I could have probably gone too but I wasn't sure if just anyone was allowed.

Btw, the advice I received to stay up as long as possible after my flight to Japan was good. Feeling no jet-lag.

I adjusted my Japanese rent-a-phone to display …

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This week Twitter launched the official " Tweet Button," a button for website owners to count RT's and let readers easily share content. Mashable was first to report on this shiny new button, but we're the first to release a tweet-button gem for your next project.

Introducing tweet-button

A new Ruby on Rails gem/plugin to generate shiny new Twitter buttons.

Usage

First, include the TweetButton module into your application …

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By 37signals of Signal vs. Noise 1 month ago.
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longstride : my BIG news!! RT @ @ 37signals : Please welcome with us our new support ninja, @ longstride ! Today's his first day!

mattlinderman : Back in the 70s, after 2 decades of cool temps, " Global Cooling" theory received attention in Time & Newsweek. http://bit.ly/r74xi

joshpeek : I respect @ github 's attitude towards new feature requests. http://bit.ly/ax20HM Product design is not …

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By shodan of Sphinx search engine news 1 month ago.
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support package to guarantee priority fixes and emergency support respectively. RT indexes are already deployed in production by several early adopters, and are reported to work well. Even though we've been focusing on functionality and stability rather than performance for this release, the latter is also reasonable.

And that's exactly what that "beta" tag is supposed to mean: while there are things missing from RT indexes, and might be bugs found in both RT

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By 37signals of Signal vs. Noise 2 months ago.
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dhh : RT @ chadfowler : @dhh Can I lease the app so I don't have to shell out $ 10 all at once? I have mortgage payments to make here!

packagethief : Nothing smells more like summer than campfire smoke and bug spray.

rjs : App idea: Integrate w/ Google Analytics API and allow members of a design team to place $ bets on A/B test outcomes.

mattlinderman : A fluid site that's truly fluid. Great design. http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/finally-a-fluid-hicksdesign …

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By Jake Scruggs of Jake Scruggs 1 month ago.
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RT: @ RubyMidwest Big thanks to @ mbleigh and @ intridea for hosting the OMGWTFBBQ dinner/lightening talks/hack night! # rubymidwest

RT: @ RubyMidwest great roundup of the first day of @ rubymidwest from @ jakescruggs http://bit.ly/arfY9m # rubymidwest (via @ ajsharp)

Oh yeah -- the Ruby Midwest Twitter account liked my post. Go me.

.@wycats got into the 'subversive' side of the Rails community through Data Mapper because he had a legacy DB # RubyMidwest…

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By Jake Scruggs of Jake Scruggs 1 month ago.
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RT: @ qrush My slides from Redis: Persistence POWER! (With way more examples than I could cover!) http://scr.bi/redispower Bonus content? What a deal!

RT: @clam_tea $redis.sadd should have a $redis.happpy to balance it out. Yes it should. Well not really, but fun to talk about but not do. Like yielding 42 for no reason in complicated bit of Ruby -- funny but you wouldn't want to actually do it.

RT: @ pvisintin # RubyMidwest photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterpunk/sets/72157624517058396/ …

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By Jake Scruggs of Jake Scruggs 3 months ago.
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RT "vi? what the hell?" - @ unclebobmartin # railsconf

Vi, Emacs, TextMate, etc. all seem like some weird time warp compared to the awesomeness of the language. It always seems like a really good Ruby IDE is just around the corner.

RT the point emerges. multicore processors pass the buck to us. future == parallelism # railsconf

Real innovation in software may be driven by the move to parallel processors @ unclebobmartin # railsconf

.@unclebobmartin is hawking …

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By Jake Scruggs of Jake Scruggs 3 months ago.
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RT The first follower turns a lone nut into a leader. - @ sivers # railsconf

RT derek sivers shows this vid http://bit.ly/guHuz to talk about being a leader and starting a movement # railsconf

The talk was all about how he preferred his own PHP frameworky thing but how that couldn't scale and so he's coming back to Rails. And is excited about Rails 3. Also there was a lot about building community. We use our emotional brain to justify our rational experiences. But …

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