Double Shot #511

On the whole, I'm happy I picked Rails to switch to a few years ago.

• Introducing Hashdown - Rails plugin to provide hash-like access for ActiveRecord lookup tables.


• IE6 No More - Yet another attempt to stamp out the world's most hated browser.


• Bodega - Kind of like an app store for OS X desktop apps.


• urlagg - A delicious.com aggregator in Rails, notable because it comes with a full suite of cucumber tests.


• Ruby I don't like #2 - catch(:wtf) { throw :wtf } - Another fine rant from Pratik.


• Server Lining - Mysterious stealth announcement from Rubaidh, who do good stuff.


• Bowline - Crossplatform Ruby GUI framework built on top of Titanium (which in turn builds on Webkit).


• PostgreSQL, Rails, and why you should care - Pretty much sums up why I'm moving my own development over to PostgreSQL despite the learning curve.