Category Archives: Ruby on Rails

mod_rails (Phusion Passenger) Second Impressions

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Nerdmaster

After my initial setup problems with mod_rails, I never really paid much attention to the thing. It should be noted first and foremost that all of my problems setting up Passenger appear to indeed be my own fault. So why … Continue reading →

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Why Ruby is so sexy-awesome, part XXXIV

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Nerdmaster

I use Ruby whenever I can. Not specifically with Rails – Rails extends the language and adds some nifty things, but the beauty is all Ruby’s. Today I was using Ruby (in a Rails app, as it happens), and I … Continue reading →

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Phusion Passenger – first impressions

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Nerdmaster

Okay, as I recently mentioned, I’m tired of Mongrel for my Rails apps, so I’m going with Phusion Passenger. The install was actually tremendously more difficult than they claimed, but I attribute that to my own lack of smarts. I … Continue reading →

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A new day, a new blogging app

Posted on May 2, 2008 by Nerdmaster

Typo seems cool to us Ruby on Rails jerks. Because it’s Ruby on Rails. It has sexy live searching. Um… and like… did I mention it’s Ruby on Rails? So… yeah. After the thing sucking time and again, and eating … Continue reading →

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I’m sick of Mongrel

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Nerdmaster

I’ve been running my Rails apps (this blog as well as Bloodsport Colosseum) via mod_proxy and mongrel. Run a mongrel server at a given port, tell Apache to redirect a given virtual host to said port. Takes a lot more … Continue reading →

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The move to typo 4.0

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Nerdmaster

Typo is my blogging software. Written in Ruby on Rails, it seemed like an ideal choice for me since I’m a big fan of the RoR movement. But like so many other open source applications, Typo has got some major … Continue reading →

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Be careful of Rubyforge gem!

Posted on May 7, 2007 by Nerdmaster

I just discovered a weird issue. The comments under my name will explain it better than I can here, but sufficed to say, if you use Net::HTTP in ruby, do not install the RubyForge gem! Read all about “the issue”:http://rubyforge.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=8907&group_id=1024&atid=4025 … Continue reading →

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The wonderful world of Cross-site scripting (XSS) – OR – why input filtering is bad

Posted on May 2, 2007 by Nerdmaster

I have been dealing with XSS at my so-called “real job” recently, and it has come to my attention that a lot of people in this world are under the mistaken impression that it’s better to do “input filtering” than … Continue reading →

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Rants about Ruby on Rails

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Nerdmaster

h2. Disclaimers Ruby on Rails is as good as the hype, it really is. Building a maintainable web application just doesn’t get much better (yet). These are just some caveats I’ve found while using ROR(Ruby on Rails), and some will … Continue reading →

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