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Heroku needs to open source the testing (UPDATE: and data) it has used to claim 3X performance. Adding a single graph for a $2000/mo DB, only performing read only transactions at 3…

It's great to see Matz investing time with the community whenever he is in town. And a nice bonus to have it streamed

I would replace 'super interesting' with 'Super complex'. It's an example of how you can make the price of a $10-40/mo server complex to the extent that you need to read the blog p…

Depends on your use case. Advantage is around performance, and that you don't have to focus on the devops part of deployments that Capistrano requires. You get full access to serve…

If you have a Rails App, you should consider Ninefold.com. You deploy direct from Github (or your Git Repo) and can have a VPS in the same security group if you need a utility box.…

The embedded image in the article crystallizes everything. I wish I could repost it in the comments.

What Sean has done with Spree reinforces how powerful the Ruby-on-rails open source community is in developing complex code. The challenge is to keep on top of the changing e-comme…

Its interesting that Docker was not discussed at RailsConf (Chicago April 2014). While its easy to conclude that Docker is more DevOps than Dev, it may also reflect how quickly Doc…

It's great to see more adoption of the open source Spree Ecommerce platform. Ultimately its open source platforms like Spree with all the community commits that will win out when i…

You should also consider the growing number of platform (PaaS) providers that make it super easy to manage the infrastructure yourself, and save you lots of money on the way. I bel…

A mind-bending piece for those that want to re-live high school mathematics. Loved it. Now time to get back to work

A note worthy initiative to capture this valuable information. Another one that may be worth looking at is http://internetdealbook.com/category/top-deals/ . It focuses on the more …