Named arguments for Ruby constructors.

Read_from_slave for Rails enables database reads from a slave database, while writes continue to go to the master

FastImage Resize is an extremely light solution for resizing images in ruby by using libgd

Freemium is a bad marketing plan for any premium business that hopes to be the differentiated provider.

There will always be a company that replaces you. At some point your BlackSwan competitor will appear and they will kick your ass. Their product will be better or more interesting or just better marketed than yours, and it also will be free.

Highslide JS is an open source image, media and gallery viewer written in JavaScript.

iUI is a framework consisting of a JavaScript library, CSS, and images for developing iPhone webapps.

Wir sprachen mit Steffen S., Jenny R., Kamil G. und Andreas R., die blind oder mit Sehbehinderung das Internet nutzen und gerade dadurch in Erfahrung und Kompetenz vielen sehenden Netznutzern voraus sind.

Rails extensions to simplify internationalization

SlickMap CSS is a simple stylesheet for displaying finished sitemaps directly from HTML unordered list navigation.

Following Apple’s lead, avoiding modes has been an important design goal in all modern computer systems.

One problem I've seen with spreadsheets and with GUI designers is that they do a good job of revealing what a program does, but de-emphasizes program structure. As a result complicated spreadsheets and UI panels are often difficult to understand and modify.

Most developers I know use AML: Arbitrary Markup Language, usually consisting of boxes, circles, and lines. When a given developer writes on a whiteboard, they write in their own version of a diagramming language.

The reasoning goes that if we create languages that keep people out trouble by restricting what damage they can do, we can produce software without having to pay those annoying software craftsman ridiculous amounts of money

Here are eight things my team has found to be true after working with Cucumber for about 6 months.

How to rescue a project without losing your mind.

Webbynode is a very affordable VPS host (256 RAM for $15) which has great support for Rails applications.

scriptaculous replacement

Rfm brings your FileMaker data to Ruby with elegance and speed. Now your Ruby scripts and Rails applications can talk directly to your FileMaker server with a syntax that just feels right.

Capistrano recipes for database backups before migrations, passenger deployment strategy, release tagging in Git repos.

Debugging toolbar for Rack applications implemented as middlewa