Articles

My recently published articles.

Saturday, July 23 2011
So you created a static website using nanoc, the static site generator. But to where could you deploy it? The most obvious choice would be a VPS. However, using Nanoc::Heroku you can deploy to your static website to Heroku's performant and managed platform for free. Keep reading to find out how.
Sunday, June 19 2011
As applications become more complex, you might find yourself repeating particular actions over and over again in your development environment. Learn how you can automate such actions using the Guard RubyGem.
Wednesday, June 08 2011
Every application you deploy should be monitored and managed by some type of process monitor to ensure your processes are up and running at all times. See how this is done using the Foreman RubyGem and the Upstart utility.
Wednesday, June 01 2011
With the introduction of Heroku's new stack called Celadon Cedar, it is now possible to dramatically improve throughput by adding more concurrency to a single dyno.
Saturday, May 28 2011
Here's a pro-tip for when you attempt to set up CoffeeScript with Ruby on Rails 3.