Sailing down the Hudson with RVM - GIANT ROBOTS SMASHING INTO OTHER GIANT ROBOTS

Updated 2010-08-24. Posted 2010-06-19. Visible to the public.

We recently decided our CI server needed an overhaul. I really enjoyed Integrity as a build server, but after trying out Hudson it’s hard to say I want to go back. Hudson has several huge advantages.

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