Supersonic Feet

A while back, Phusion released a product called Passenger, effectively mod_rails for Apache. The idea is that rather than having to do a lot of the usual manual setup work when running a Rails app (using mod_proxy to point at mongrel_clusters, etc.), you can just have them run automatically via Apache, the same way PHP apps ...

The official Rails blog has the announcement that Rails 2.0 is done and great news that is too. Now I just need to find the time to eventually catch up on all the changes and start playing with it!

Not quite but Derek Sivers, an early proponent of switching to Rails for large-scale websites, has written a post on his O'Reilly blog about why he just gave up on 2 years' work in Rails on his CD Baby project to switch back to PHP. It's a very sensible article looking at the fact that Rails ...

At Gottabet we're looking for a 'web application designer' to join the team. The job entails a range of web dev, from helping design various sections/features of the website to implementing them in HTML and CSS. There's a full job spec on the website, so if you're a developer who's big on web standards looking for ...

The top-secret project I've been working on since moving down to London at the end of October had a still-quite-secret launch late last week and now we're ready to tell a few more people. Without further ado, I present Gottabet.com! Gottabet.com is a social networking site where people exchange challenges and bets on any event they ...