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As a Typekit user, you’ll have access to our library of high-quality fonts. Just add a line of...
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This article describes a technique for overriding the equals method that preserves the contract of equals even when subclassses of...
Page Speed is an open-source Firefox/Firebug Add-on. Webmasters and web developers can use Page Speed to evaluate the...
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Trample is a more flexible load simulator. Instead of a static list of urls, trample's configuration language is ruby...
I just released a gem to find image dimensions and type information fast.
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Webbynode is a very affordable VPS host (256 RAM for $15) which has great support for Rails applications.
How to rescue a project without losing your mind.
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One problem I've seen with spreadsheets and with GUI designers is that they do a good job of revealing...
Rails extensions to simplify internationalization
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Freemium is a bad marketing plan for any premium business that hopes to be the differentiated provider.
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With Scrippets, you can add boxes of nicely-formatted script to your blog. It even works in comments.
An example of the conundrum of transferring print documents to the web, one that has become legendary in some circles...
hat's the dirty little secret of our industry; green screen apps are usually pretty darn fast. They aren't...
Despite the many JavaScript libraries that are available today, I cannot find one that makes it easy to add keyboard...
HotKey provides functionality similar to the accesskey attribute, but has many enhancements that allow for more granular control when creating...