Double Shot #692

A burst of activity as the week draws to a close.

Using gem to root a box - Nice. If you have access to gem, and can make files, you're root.
Beetle - High-availability redundant AMQP queues.
Draft Prawn 1.0 Spec - Just in case you want to know where this PDF generation tool is going, and perhaps offer some input.
From Bundler to Open and Inclusive Software Communities - Steven Baker had a bad experience with the NIH attitude that pervades parts of current Ruby tools development, and has gone public with it.
Isolate - A simple alternative for gem management.
Non-blocking ActiveRecord and Rails - Possible with enough hackery.
JRuby 1.5.0.RC1 Released - Seems like 1.0 was just yesterday.
Grease Your Suite - "Tips and tricks for faster testing" (PgDn to advance slides).