Double Shot #505

Looks like my August hours may be starting to fill out. That was a bit too close for comfort.

• The RailsBridge BugMash - Please do join us August 8-9 if you have any interest in improving the quality of Rails.


• Putting it all together - ResourceTemplates, described_routes and path-to - Plumbing to handle header-based discovery and easier client APIs.


• CheddarGetter - Subscription management and billing as a service.


• MySQL replication and Rails - A primer from Elad Meidar.


• The Ruty Template Engine - An alternative to liquid for adding customer-safe templates to Ruby-based applications.


• Pro Git - Scott Chacon's book on git is available in full under a CC license.


• Programmatically Creating Website Thumbnails - Guide from Rob Bazinet.


• Choosing a non-relational database; why we migrated from MySQL to MongoDB - Long article from the folks at Server Density.