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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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Aug 20, 2009 Reply by Michael Levin |
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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Netflix’s Kasia Trapszo discusses the transition from writing code to scaling organizations. She shares lessons on building trust through technical clarity, aligning teams to solve the "right" problems, and using intentional documentation to scale your judgment. Learn how to move beyond individual output to create a lasting architectural legacy that empowers others to make better decisions.
By Kasia Trapszo
GitHub has announced the general availability of secret scanning support through its MCP Server, extending automated credential detection and remediation capabilities into AI-assisted and agent-driven development workflows.
By Craig Risi
AdonisJS version 7 introduces end-to-end type safety and reworked starter kits, alongside improved documentation. The release includes 45+ updated packages and three new ones for OpenTelemetry, typed content. It requires Node.js 24, allowing the use of native APIs. The framework emphasizes a convention-over-configuration approach while offering tools for routing, ORM, and authentication.
By Daniel Curtis
Every time-series database makes a set of storage design decisions: how to lay out rows, when to compress, what to partition on. These decisions determine cost and query performance more than the choice of database itself. This article works through those fundamentals from first principles, using widely available tools like PostgreSQL and Apache Parquet to make each trade-off measurable.
By Nirmesh Khandelwal
Two recent Linux kernel vulnerabilities have been disclosed: Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431) on April 29, 2026, and Dirty Frag (CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500) on May 7, 2026. Both allow local users to gain root access, affecting multiple Linux distributions. These vulnerabilities exploit flaws in the page cache via different subsystems, necessitating immediate patching by affected organizations.
By Matt Saunders
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