Rails Envy Podcast - Episode #016: 1/30/2008
by Jason on Jan 30, 2008
Episode 16. Gregg and I rant at the end of the podcast this week as well as make wild and false accusations about gems. As always, a big thanks to Chu Yeow, for the edge Rails updates and thank you to our sponsor Corpedia.
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You guys do an excellent job! I submitted it to the new Ruby Reddit.
You are doing a great job with the podcast. It would be better if the show notes links was opened with target blank
Nice podcast as always!
Just one complaint. AR is definitely not the preferred session store. It is cookie store indeed. There are many posts on core list about the same. “So called” security issues are design choices. Please don’t spread the FUD ;-)
Yup I had the same thoughts as Pratik as I was listening to the podcast on my way to work this morning. I think Relevance has qualified what they mean by the cookie store being “insecure” at their blog post.
Anyway, I loved the last bit about the whole “ruby is dead” fiasco (both the serious and the fun bits) - it’s exactly what I feel about the whole “right tool for the job” thing :).
I’ve been listening to the Rails Envy Podcast since ep 1, and I think it’s been getting generally better. I like the mix of headline news and light commentary. I usually can stand the sophomoric humor, but this ep was just too much. Gay jokes - not funny. Seriously. And the “penis enhancement” bit was both lame and unfunny, while the ticket was actually kind of funny even if a bit lame. You guys are not Beavis and Butt-head, and the humor is starting to stray over the line where it is actually offensive. You should apologize to your listeners for being dicks, clean it up a little, and concentrate on providing the information that makes your podcast worth listening to.
The Thin Ruby server is cool but it’s simply not faster than Wuby (wuby.org), my wittle wuby web server.
I challenge Thin(and Mongrel) to a duel! :)
Wuby consists of a single (self-contained), open source ruby file (12k) with no config files and it even includes an Amazon-like simple DB hashing framework built-in. This allows you to deploy a Ruby web application without a database or other web server software (such as Apache, Mongrel, Webrick, or Lighttpd). You can, however, assign wuby a port id and direct traffic to it from other servers.
Wuby.org has been running solid on Wuby (without a restart) since it’s debut on Ruby Inside on November 19th - http://www.rubyinside.com/wuby-another-light-weight-web-framework-for-ruby-654.html
Let the duel begin :)
Thanks for the heads up on the cookie store session information, this is news to both Jason and I. Let me know if you have any good articles we should read / reference.
Josh, I’m sorry you feel that way. If you really got to know Jason or I, you’d find that we are not homophobic in the least bit, and in fact support equal rights issues passionately.
I have several straight friends who are comfortable enough with their sexuality to joke with each other about being gay, even in front of our gay friends. The humor is never meant in a derogatory way.
I guess if you didn’t know this, and didn’t know us, you could probably take what we said as offensive, so I apologize.
AR-extension rocks…
I knew in the next few weeks I was going to have to do some huge data migration for our new website and was worried about the speed.
AR-extension in a little 50 or so line rake task allowed me to migrate (and do a little data updating) over 62,000 users from one database to another in about 20 minutes. I first wrote it with ar-ext and stopped it after ~15 minutes.. it had gotten to 7,000 rows. So easily 10 times speed improvement.
hey guys, thx for talking about my server again! Glad you like the new feature.
And Chris, I replied to your cross-posted comment on my blog: http://macournoyer.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/get-intimate-with-your-load-balancer-tonight/#comment-9469
Make that…
I first wrote it withOUT ar-ext and stopped it after ~15 minutes.. it had gotten to 7,000 rows.
Hmm, that bit about Prototype cheatsheet sounded a little familiar … I just can’t figure out where is it from.
Great podcast you guys!
Well…FWIW, I thought the new Rails Core “enhancement” bit was funny - though only on the first read. But laughing once is what counts!
More T2 dating advice!
Thanks for mentioning Prototype cheat sheet, but could you please link to the blog post instead of an actual address? There are few explanatory notes/notations which could be useful as well as a link to a high contrast version.
Best, kangax
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