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Is the Ruby Standard Library a Ghetto?

In The Ruby Stdlib is a Ghetto, Mike Perham argues that Ruby's "standard library" (all the libraries that come by default with Ruby installs) is old and crufty and suggests some parts that should be removed.

Rails for Zombies: An Online Rails Learning Environment

Rails for Zombies is an intriguing attempt to teach people how to use Ruby on Rails directly in the Web browser. It comes from Envy Labs (and specifically Gregg Pollack, once of RailsEnvy fame).

Realigning the Engine Yard AppCloud UI

My colleague, Andrew announced the new Engine Yard AppCloud User Experience team about a month ago. We are very excited about the ideas we have for AppCloud's UI, and are working surely and steadily toward a better user experience. Along the way, one of our priorities was to refactor the UI's HTML/CSS for better maintainability and consistency. This allows us to work more efficiently on our design and front end architecture.

Today, you will notice a major layout update: We've moved to a fixed-width layout.

AppSumo: A Discount Bundle of Webapp Credits Suited to Ruby Developers

AppSumo is an intriguing "bad ass developer bundle" that brings together $1543 of credit for ten different Web app development related resources (most are Ruby focused or have Ruby APIs) for a mere $47 purchase.
The services include:

Celebrate Why The Lucky Stiff By Letting Loose on Whyday (August 19, 2010)

http://whyday.org/
This year, on August 19, celebrate Whyday. Set aside that day to remember Why's contributions to our community and culture by hacking just for the fun and joy of it.Glenn Vanderburg

Interesting Ruby and Rails Tidbits #31

The latest installment of our series of roundup posts, covering some of our latest findings in the world of all things Ruby (or not). These items wouldn't make it in as separate posts, but they should be of enough interest to Rubyists generally to make it a worthwhile browse for most readers.

Testing an OAuth Provider in your Rails App

Recently I received a request from another B2B SaaS vendor to integrate with Catch the Best, so their users could pull their data from Catch the Best into this app. This is a classic use-case for OAuth, so I dove in to learning how to make my Rails app an OAuth provider. Well, thanks to the OAuth gem and the OAuth Rails plugin, it only took an hour or two to do.

Tracking Deploys with Compare View

We log a message to Campfire anytime someone
deploys code to staging or production. It looks like this:

Recently, we added the link pointing to a Compare View where you
can review the commits that were shipped out along with a full diff of
changes:

Clojure 101: A New Course

Shameless Self-Promotion, Beautiful Unique Snowflakes, & Extra Nose Syndrome

Popular opinion among smart, skilled, hard-working people seems to go something like this:

Something is wrong with a society/world that values and rewards outgoing people, who talk up their strengths, over good or even great people who do not.

Ah, self-promotion.

Is there any other skill in the world of which smart, skilled, hard-working people love to boast, “I’m just terrible at it”?

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