I needed to deploy an anonymous FTP server, and of course I wanted to do it using Chef, so I went looking for a Chef recipe to install ProFTPD. Sadly, the lazyweb failed me. So, I did some actual work so the lazyweb won't fail you. :)
More …I'm getting a client up and running on EngineYard's Cloud offering, and it has been a pleasure. One of the things I've appreciated about using it is that I'm forced (in a good way) to use Chef, which is awesome.
More …I started a new project recently that deals with a lot of imported data, so it seemed like a good excuse to try out MongoDB and MongoMapper. The imported data also has a associated images, so I wanted to get the Paperclip plugin working with my Mongo-based models. Fortunately for me, it actually didn't take too much work to pull out the ActiveRecord-specific bits. Here's what I did...
More …Recently I've had a couple of clients choose Amazon EC2 for their deployment environments, so I've been spending more time playing with EC2 lately than I ever had before. I set out to create a repeatable and time-efficient deployment process, and the result of my work is an easy to use ruby script, detailed below.
More …Recently someone asked for a combination discount at the RailsKits store -- he wanted to purchase both the SaaS Rails Kit and the Helpdesk Rails Kit to get his site rolling quickly. I didn't have combo discounts at that time, but I figured that was a good excuse to build that feature into the store. :)
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