theman is a super simple "framework" that uses god/rufus-scheduler to create long running workers that do things at certain times...

There are a bunch of basic functional elements to building out a popular Rails app that I've never really...

I just finished reviewing Rails 2.3 Nested Object Forms. While a very nice and “magical” feature, I’ve got to...

The rubyforge gems model may not be perfect, but damnit people, when there’s a gem update I know that...

Reads Active Record's validations and makes them available to live client side javascript

In this article we’ve listed 7 fresh and simple tools for cross-browser compatibility testing, tools that actually make...

I did want to drop a quick picture here of their trial usage dialog that pops up as it’s...

A Rails FormBuilder with semantically rich and accessible markup.

Rails’ script/console makes it easy to fetch, view and edit your database records. But can you edit those records as...

The ability to update and close Trac tickets associated with a given repo whenever a commit is made to that...

Flot is a pure Javascript plotting library for jQuery. It produces graphical plots of arbitrary datasets on-the-fly client...

Flotr is a javascript plotting library based on the Prototype Javascript Framework (version 1.6.0.2 at the moment) and inspired by...

There are many wonderful things about Rails and the Rails ecosystem. A clean, well-lighted path for keeping all your...

Heroku's architecture enables deployment with nothing but Git. Deployment is fast, simple, and just works – all you do is...

PNG transparency for IE 6.

Jasmin is an assembler for the Java Virtual Machine. It takes ASCII descriptions of Java classes, written in a simple...

Hirb provides a mini view framework for console applications, designed with irb in mind.

One of the things that I always wanted to do but never got around to was to analyze a user...

This article is an introduction to testing Rails plugins.

Simplifies plugin testing by creating an isolated Rails environment that simulates its usage in a real application

After 2 1/2 years of blood, sweat, tears, and the occasional Jägermeister, I’m finally officially announcing a project I...