A newer shooutout is available. Many brilliant developers are working on improving the current implementation of Ruby and on creating alternatives. I was curious about their current respective speeds, so I installed and ran some benchmarks for the most popular implementations. In this article, I’m sharing the results for the community to see. Disclaimer
Continue ReadingPlease note that this article is now obsolete. The performance of Ruby on Rails is influenced by many factors, particularly the configuration of your deployment server(s). However the application code can make a big difference and determine whether your site is slow or highly responsive. This short article is about some of the tips
Continue ReadingWhen searching for the word “honnolullu”, Google will promptly suggest “Did you mean: honolulu”. This feature is quite useful because it drastically improves usability. The lack of this exact function makes Wikipedia a pain in the neck as far as searching goes. So much so that I, and I suspect most people, just google
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