Sphinx, Chef and EY Cloud
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 …Paperclip and MongoMapper
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 …Automating ec2 deployments with Ruby
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 …Fun with instance_eval
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. :)
More …Rails plugin directory revamp
A lot has happened to the world of Ruby on Rails since the Rails plugin directory first launched back in 2005, and I have finally caught up. :) Of course I've been making changes all along the way, but today I'm launching a rewrite that makes the plugin directory current on all the latest and greatest.
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