Double Shot #1354

May 13, 2014

Dringend - Mac and iOS IDE that runs on an iPad.
CoreOS - Linux distribution optimized for large-scale server deployments.
Pirata - Ruby API for The Pirate Bay.
Exceptiontrap - Error tracking for Rails and PHP applications.

Double Shot #1353

May 12, 2014

Paw - $20 GUI client for testing of HTTP/REST requests.
Ruby 2.1.2 is released - Takes care of a fix for readline build issues and some other goodies.
rubyfuu - Brainfuck compiler written in Ruby. Some people have too much spare time.
Firebug 2.0 beta 5 - With some minor UI enhancements and the usual round of fixes. I'm overall finding 2.0 a huge improvement in performance over 1.x in edge Firefox.

Double Shot #1352

May 9, 2014

Bootstrap 3 - Tips and Tricks You Might Not Know - A collection of stuff to help you use Bootstrap better.
Quill - Extensible javascript rich text editor.
CodeReview - iPad application to help review GitHub pull requests.

Double Shot #1351

May 8, 2014

tamplier - Gem to check whether you remembered to deploy the real .yml files to configure your application.
Jekyll turns 2.0.0 - Been plenty of work on this site generator over the years.

Double Shot #1350

May 7, 2014

Ruby 2.1 in Detail - For those of you near the cutting edge, which sadly I am not on this one.
Rails 3.2.18, 4.0.5, and 4.1.1 have been released - With security fixes, you know the drill - upgrade as soon as possible.
Atom is Now Open Source - The new Chromium-based text editor under development by GitHub.

Double Shot #1349

May 6, 2014

osxc - Configuration tool for OS X built on top of Ansible.
Reform 1.0 - Form objects for Ruby and Rails - A fresh look at a forms DSL.
Minimum Viable Block Chain - Understanding the ideas behind BitCoin.

Double Shot #1348

May 5, 2014

Rails - the Missing Parts - Policies - A way to DRY up your controllers.
Preannouncing My Ruby Performance Book - Looks like an interesting contribution to optimizing Ruby applications.
Prosperity - Rails engine to graph data from your models.

Double Shot #1347

May 2, 2014

Ahoy - Roll-your-own analytics for Rails applications.
Gourmet Service Objects - Clean up your Rails code with single-responsibility objects.
Buttons - Specifically, CSS buttons built with Sass and Compass.

Double Shot #1346

May 1, 2014

Cakebrew - Graphical client for Homebrew.
Tails 1.0 is out - Operating system on a DVD designed to allow private and anonymous internet connections from most any computer.
12 Little-Known CSS Facts - Collected by the Sitepoint folks.

Double Shot #1345

Apr 30, 2014

SandiMeter - Static analysis tool for checking Ruby code with an emphasis on simplicity.
Remote Team Tools - Things you need to get done when working remotely, and tools to support them.
Feature Preview: Docker-Based Development Environments - Vagrant is adding container management with the same workflow as its existing VM management.

Double Shot #1344

Apr 29, 2014

dat - Experimental management tool for large datasets.

Double Shot #1343

Apr 28, 2014

Strong Parameters by Example - A Walkthrough of how it works in Rails.

Double Shot #1342

Apr 25, 2014

Meat-Shot - Screenshot tool for Selenium testing.
Mina - Deployment tool that's seeing some fresh activity with new maintainers.
Gandalf - Docker repositories as a service.

Double Shot #1341

Apr 23, 2014

Ruby Tips Part 5 - Various odds and ends that might come in handy in your code.
Ruby Security Have You Not! - A view based on scanning Gemfiles.
rails-fed-chef - Chef recipes for setting up a rails stack.

Double Shot #1340

Apr 22, 2014

Consul - New service discovery and configuration tool from Hashicorp (the folks behind Vagrant and other tools).

Double Shot #1339

Apr 21, 2014

Learn Version Control with Git - "A step-by-step course for the complete beginner" from the folks behind the Tower git client.
minicron - Combination of web UI and alerting engine for cron.
various - Configuration layer for the new Acton Pack variants that Rails recently introduced.

Double Shot #1338

Apr 17, 2014

This Week in Rails - Weekly newsletter tracking the progress of the Rails source code.
xkpasswd - Online secure password generator that uses the algorithm popularized by xkcd.
Invoicing - Ruby gem that tries to capture the process of producing printed invoices.

Double Shot #1337

Apr 16, 2014

Github Cheat Sheet - All sorts of tips and tricks for using Git and GitHub, along with links to more resources.
A Quick Guide to Sublime Text - Various bits of useful information.
3 Features from Rails 4.1 that I'm excited about - Secrets.yml, Action Pack Variants, and cookie serialization get the nod here.

Double Shot #1336

Apr 15, 2014

Learn CSS Layout - An online tutorial.
Ruby's OptionParser Is All You Need - Using the built-in code instead of a gem when you need to build command line apps.
Localtunnel - Another choice for sharing services on your dev box with the world.

Double Shot #1335

Apr 14, 2014

Introducing Hound - Service to automatically nag you about Ruby style guide violations in your GitHub commits.
Heartbleed should bleed X.509 to death - Great rant about the state of internet security, though I don't believe the web of trust approach is workable either.
Surviving APIs with Rails - New course from Codeschool.