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Does Rails scale?
October 15, 2012rails ruby scale
First, the short answer: Damn right it does.
Twitter had to quit using it because Ruby is so slow
It is well known that around 2008 Twitter moved their job backend from Rails to Scala. To me it seems they absolutely made the right choice. Twitter had way outgrown the version of Ruby it was on and they needed a different solution. Read more...
Rails Rumble: ARSS
October 14, 2012rails ruby rails rumble
This weekend I have been participating in the 2012 Rails Rumble. I worked with @amdtech and @childoftv to build ARSS.
Check it out at http://arss.io Read more...
Open source tools
April 19, 2012ruby open-source
The octocat above is a rendition of Github's logo, created by cameronmcefee and relevant not only because they exemplify open source, but also since I went to an awesome Giants game last night! Read more...
Python vs Ruby: Maintainability
December 15, 2011python ruby
One of my favorite subjects is comparing and contrasting tools and frameworks available today. Python and Ruby are probably the big 2 languages right now in web development. Read more...