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Best Ruby I.D.E?Just started with Ruby on Rails ( Rails 3) and I'm trying to figure out the best I.D.E. Here's what I've found so far: Eclipse / DLTK - w… Started by Kevin Neelands |
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Opening Call for Proposal - RubyConf India 2012This just in from Satish N Kota of the Bangalore RUG: "Hello Folks,Lets begin the begin and in that spirit, call for talk proposals isop… Started by Michael Levin |
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EasyBThis just in from Luis Espinal of MJUG: http://www.easyb.org/ The EasyB syntax for writing stories and specifications is a lot more succ… Started by Michael Levin |
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HoboI read a fascinating thread (on the Bangalore RUG) there's a application builder for Rails called Hobo. "...It generates views by inspectin… Started by Michael Levin |
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Ruby on the JVMWho is using Ruby on the JVM? Please share your sweet successes with us. Started by Michael Levin |
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Ruby and Cloud ComputingI'm embarking on an adventure. The mission is to discover all I can about cloud computing. I'm interested to hear anything you've learned… Started by Michael Levin |
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Tracy Bannon's QCon AI NY 2025 talk revealed how the rise of AI agents risks amplifying common architectural failures. She emphasized the distinctions between bots, assistants, and agents, highlighting the need for governance, clear identity controls, and disciplined decision-making to address “agentic debt.” Bannon called for architects to apply foundational principles amid rapid AI adoption.
By Andrew Hoblitzell
In software development, success means going beyond meeting requirements. We must create products that surprise and delight users and are innovative, create impactful solutions, Ken Hughes said in the keynote “Connection is Everything”. AI can help us connect with customers and create better user experiences.
By Ben Linders
In a surprising move, AWS and Google Cloud have recently partnered to simplify multicloud networking, introducing a common standard and leveraging "AWS Interconnect - Multicloud" and "Google Cloud's Cross-Cloud Interconnect". The new option makes it easier for organizations to manage and secure workloads across both clouds, with Azure expected to join in 2026.
By Renato Losio
Kagi has released Orion 1.0, a web browser that features privacy by default, zero telemetry, and no integrated ad-tracking technology. Orion supports both Chrome and Firefox extensions and intentionally excludes AI from its core to prioritize security, privacy, and performance. Orion targets macOS and iOS, with upcoming Linux and Windows versions. Orion is based on WebKit.
By Bruno Couriol
Cactus, a Y Combinator-backed startup, enables local AI inference to mobile phones, wearables, and other low-power devices through cross-platform, energy-efficient kernels and a native runtime. It delivers sub-50ms time-to-first-token for on-device inference, eliminates network latency, and defaults to complete privacy.
By Sergio De Simone
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