• Setup Swift REPL and Access from the Command Line - An easy way to play with Apple's new language.
• Fast, Consistent Setup for Your Ruby and Rails Tools - Customizing your environment for smoother workflow.
• Automatic Eager Loading in Rails - Speed things up by making some assumptions about association use.

• Swift Still Won't Replace RubyMotion - A consideration of Apple's new programming language from the rubyist point of view.
• Welcome Swift, I've been Waiting for You - A more positive consideration of Swift.

• Evaluating Rails Projects - An approach to getting familiar with a new codebase.
• The Many Shades of the Ruby Programming Language - A survey of implementations that you'll find in the wild.
• zangetsu - A full-featured Rails starter project.

• Rails 4 Test Prescriptions - Latest version of a book by Noel Rappin, now available from Pragmatic in beta form.
• Magpie - Git-backed self-hosted replacement for Evernote.
• BitTorrent Chat: The Want for Privacy - A look at some of the issues in designing the next BitTorrent application.

• Ruby Security Tools and Resources - With a focus on securing Rails applications.
• Swift - Main site for Apple's new programming language. I wonder if "swift" is faster than "go"?
• Using Rails 4.1 Secrets for Configuration - Replacing some custom code with stuff already built into Rails.

• Rails API + Angular Template - Quickly set up a project to use the stripped-down rails-api on the backend and AngularJS on the frontend.
• Firefox Notes - Firefox 30 is out now, with the usual medley of features and fixes.
• Firebug 2.0 - And along with that comes a major new release of Firebug.

• It's Here: Docker 1.0 - This portable app environment has gotten to a mature state very quickly.
• Docker Misconceptions - And a look at what you need to know before diving right in.
• Three Things to Know About Composition - When engineering your application architecture in Ruby.

• CanCanCan - An attempt to revive and continue the CanCan authorization project.
• orats - Opinionated rails application templates and ansible playbook.
• Kanban Tool - A Kanban board with reporting and time-tracking built in.

Posting will be spotty over the next few weeks as I spend time at summer camps with my Scouts.

• Pre-orders start today for Flame, the Firefox OS developer phone - I'd like to see this succeed, but it seems like a long shot.
• Announcing Xamarin 3 - If I were starting over today, I'd be tempted to look seriously at this, despite its Microsoft underpinnings.
• RubyMotion 3.0 Sneak Peek: Android Support - RubyMotion also looks like an increasingly good bet.

• Hi.diplo - Maintain a cloud-based timeline of events in your project with this service.
• A Hacker's Guide to Git - Understanding the command line and internals.
• Rails 4.1.2.rc1 and 4.0.6.rc1 have been released! - A fistful of bugfixes.

• The Design of SQLite 4 - What's coming in the next major version.
• Things you didn't know about Git - A handful of tips and tricks.

• How to handle big repositories with git - Advice on large files and long histories.
• BFG Repo-Cleaner - Tool for removing large or confidential files from a git repo when you realize you've made a mistake.
• Upgrading to Ruby 2.1 - A report from the trenches, including fun with YAML.

• Two-Factor Authentication - A plugin for Devise.
• 3 Simple but Powerful Takeaways from Sandi Metz - Rules of thumb for software quality.
• Progress May 2014 - What's up with the RVM 2.0 rewrite.

• Notable Changes in RSpec 3 - RC1 of this major update is out now, with release coming shortly.
• Oozled - A selection of curated resources for designers.
• Choosing a Web Framework/Language Combo for the Next Decade - A subject I've been thinking about myself lately.

• Hoodie - Offline first web framework using local storage for everything.
• Honeybadger - Chrome extension to dig up information on the current website.

• DoBy - TODO notes in Ruby code that automatically nag you.
• SSH Tunnel - Local and Remote Port Forwarding Explained with Examples - A bit of advanced SSH knowledge.
• ORM is an anti-pattern - What's wrong with ActiveRecord and what the alternatives are.

• Stella - Another test driver for web applications.
• Help Us Build ROM - Getting involved with the Ruby Object Mapper project.
• Firebug 2.0 beta 6 - Now with better event handling tools.

• Eight Terminal Utilities Every OS X Command Line User Should Know - A medley of mostly-useful stuff.
• PostgreSQL 9.4 Beta 1 Released - The new replication API is interesting.

• Shortcode - Ruby gem for parsing Wordpress style shortcodes.
• Octotree - Chrome addin to make browsing source on GitHub simpler.
• Jest - JavaScript unit testing library built on top of Jasmine.

• Bob - OS X GUI client for the Tarsnap backup service.
• Padrino 0.12.2 - Param Protection, Helpers Cleanup and Bug Fixes - This simpler alternative ruby web framework continues to make quiet progress.
• mkdown - Alternative prettier styling for gists written in Markdown.