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Automating ec2 deployments with Ruby

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Recently I’ve had a couple of clients choose Amazon EC2 for their deployment environments, so I’ve been spending more time playing with EC2 lately than...

Rails Underground Recap

over 2 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
The Conference I just got back from London, where I spoke at Rails Underground. Like so many others, I’m really enjoying attending regional conferences...

Constrained Presentations

over 2 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
Wow! Last night, I gave my second significantly-constrained presentation of the past couple of weeks (Pecha Kucha Pittsboro back on 27 July, and Ignite...

Paperclip and MongoMapper

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
I started a new project recently that deals with a lot of imported data, so it seemed like a good excuse to try out MongoDB and MongoMapper. The imported...

Paperclip and MongoMapper

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
I started a new project recently that deals with a lot of imported data, so it seemed like a good excuse to try out MongoDB and MongoMapper. The imported...

Automating ec2 deployments with Ruby

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Recently I’ve had a couple of clients choose Amazon EC2 for their deployment environments, so I’ve been spending more time playing with EC2 lately than...

Fun with instance_eval

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Recently someone asked for a combination discount at the RailsKits store—he wanted to purchase both the SaaS Rails Kit and the Helpdesk Rails Kit to get...

Rails plugin directory revamp

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
A lot has happened to the world of Ruby on Rails since the Rails plugin directory first launched back in 2005, and I have finally caught up. :) Of course...

Exporting from a SaaS application

almost 3 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Recently I had a request from a customer of my applicant tracking system application to do an export of all her data. This was one of those features that...

Sphinx, Chef and EY Cloud

over 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
I’m getting a client up and running on EngineYard’s Cloud offering, and it has been a pleasure. One of the things I’ve appreciated about using it...