ActiveSupport >= 3 has Date.parse('2011-02-10').beginning_of_quarter #=> 2011-01-01 Date.parse('2011-02-10').end_of_quarter...

Generated animations are free to use without backlink obligations... ... WITH THE EXCEPTION of any other animated images generator applications

On case-insensitive file systems like Mac's HFS+ (per default – you may change this, but it won't work...

If you're suffering from a huge de.yml or similiar file, cry no more. Rails lets you freely organize your...

If you upgrade to the mysql2 gem, you will run into the problem that the server's database.yml (which is...

Last week saw a security issue with rails 2.3 that required a fix. While an official patch was provided, the...

Why string sorting sucks in vanilla Ruby Ruby's sort method doesn't work as expected with special characters (like...

Promises unified window for all chat conversations, better call quality. Upgrade seems to work fine. If you installed your old...

Introspect the Ruby Heap by indexing, counting, locating references to and detaching (in order to release) objects.

If you have a file that looks like a precompilation fingerprint, the Rails asset pipeline will not see it. So...

The amount helper now retrieves the decimal separator from your I18n dictionary (number.format.separator) instead of hardcoding it to a comma...

A collection of inspirational websites using media queries and responsive web design. Curated by Eivind Uggedal (@uggedal).

The linked article describes how to use a Firefox addon "Flash-Aid" to install a better build of Flash and...

This script loads a dump into your development database. You can provide the full path to you database dump like...

Read the linked article together with this reply to get an appreciation for why it's a bad idea to...

When using the asset pipeline your assets (images, javascripts, stylesheets, fonts) live in folders inside app: app/assets/fonts app/assets/images...

Myth #5 (Each HTTPS Site Needs its Own Public IP Address) is actually still true, but the rest of the...

xip.io is a magic domain name that provides wildcard DNS for any IP address. Say your LAN IP address is...

Some advice for bulk loading many records into InnoDB and finishing before the sun burns out. Use with care.

deploy-to-production now calls Capistrano with bundle exec since we started to bundle Capistrano in all projects.

The following code activates autoloading using ActiveSupport 3.x: require 'active_support' require 'active_support/dependencies' relative_load_paths = %w[app/controllers...

Some progress was made by browsers on implementing CSS filters like blur, greyscale or some other effects. You might already...