Category Archives: Rails

I spent a couple of hours last weekend going over a Rails app I wrote almost two years ago. It was the very first Rails application I had written (apart from the follow-the-screencast throwaway ones) and I couldn’t help cringing … Continue reading →

I just spent last weekend setting up a new slice at SliceHost (my bestest host ever) for a couple of Rails apps only to read this post announcing the release of Phusion Passenger for Nginx. Considering I only needed the … Continue reading →

This blog has been inactive for ages and one of my 2009 resolutions is to show the poor thing some love! I will try to keep it even if it’s the only resolution I don’t give up on. Things have … Continue reading →

Ruby on Rails has gotten really popular owing mostly to its well-earned reputation for rapid web application development. The plugin system has also helped to add loads of functionality not built into the core. It is almost certain you’ll find … Continue reading →

I recently had to build an authentication system into a project and seeing as the restful authentication plugin was getting such buzz, I decided to try it out. The problem was, most of the information I found on the internet … Continue reading →

That’s it! I’ve given up trying to deploy a Rails app with capistrano from windows. Just spent two days trying to set this up (even tried cygwin) with no luck. The solution? VirtualBox. I have just gone from installing Ubuntu … Continue reading →