http://37signals.com/svn/posts/1872-nuts-bolts-configuration-management-with-chef
http://github.com/37signals/37s_cookbooks/tree/master
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http://carsonified.com/blog/dev/six-useful-tips-for-web-designers-and-developers/
Some handying tips for writing code and help with the development process.
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http://carsonified.com/blog/design/5-advanced-photoshop-techniques-for-web-designers/
A really nice article about how to create some cool effects in photoshop. I am a developer but it is nice to be able to get a little bit done on the design side and having tutorials like this makes it look like you [...]
http://blog.new-bamboo.co.uk/2009/8/14/block-helpers
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Tags: Rails Plugins · code · rails · ruby · web
A good article from the GitHub guys about cleaning up and speeding up their deployment with Capistrano.
http://github.com/blog/470-deployment-script-spring-cleaning
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http://awesomeful.net/posts/45-postgresql-rails-and-why-you-should-care
it gives an overview of what PostgreSQL provides, some history of the debate between MySQL and PostgreSQL and why you should consider using PostgreSQL.
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http://m.onkey.org/2009/7/29/running-rails-performance-tests-on-real-data
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Ben Curtis has a good article about deploying to EC2.
http://www.bencurtis.com/archives/2009/07/automating-ec2-deployments-with-ruby/
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A couple of good articles about integrating OAuth into your Rails app.
http://stakeventures.com/articles/2009/07/21/consuming-oauth-intelligently-in-rails
http://stakeventures.com/articles/2007/11/26/how-to-turn-your-rails-site-into-an-oauth-provider
http://github.com/pelle/oauth-plugin/tree/master
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Tags: Rails Plugins · code · rails · security
http://railscasts.com/episodes/171-delayed-job – A good railscast about using Delayed Job.
http://www.therailsway.com/2009/7/22/do-it-later-with-delayed-job – Article by TheRailsWay about why to use and how to use.
It looks like are really simple way to offload long running tasks.
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Cucumber looks interesting but I am still not sold that it is necessary. It feels a little overkill. What do you think?
Here are some links to see how to use it and how it works.
http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/cucumber-introduction/
http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2009/cucumber-more-advanced/
http://railscasts.com/episodes/155-beginning-with-cucumber
http://railscasts.com/episodes/159-more-on-cucumber
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