More »

Installing Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL on OS X, Second Edition

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
It’s been just over a year since I posted the article, Install Ruby, Rails, and PostgreSQL on OSX and it still gets quite a bit of traffic. Unfortunately...

Put Your Controllers on a Diet already!

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
If you’re working with Ruby on Rails and are looking for ways to improve your existing code base, I would encourage you all to read the following...

Rails Code Audits and Reviews, continued

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
In response to my article, Audit Your Rails Development Team, Tim Case writes, “I think what you are doing has value and I’ve been anticipating...

Rails Business: Weekly Review #2

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
First of all, I’d like to welcome the more than fifty people that have joined the Rails Business group since my last post. Over the past week, there...

Audit Your Rails Development Team

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Several months ago, a few or your colleagues decided to join forces with you as you had come up with a concept for an innovative web application, shared...

Rails Business: Weekly Review #1

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
This past week (give or take a few days), the Rails Business group has covered a lot of topics, that might be of interest to you, should you be running...

AT&T Online Support could use some QA

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
So, I was trying to send AT&T wireless a support email through their online system and got stuck at the following screen. Come on guys… you...

Last.fm bought by CBS

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
In an article on FastCompany.com, Lynne d Johnson writes.. “I’ve been a paid subscriber of last.fm since 2005, and over the course...

Ruby on Rails gets down to business

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
It’s been a week since I announced the new Ruby on Rails meets the business world group. Already, the group attracted over 200 members from around...

Ostrava on Rails, part 2

over 4 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Several weeks ago, I announced that I will be speaking at Ostrava on Rails and had begun working on my presentation for “The Case for Rails.”...