BrainBakery

Couple days ago Phussion guys released mod_rails Apache module. The promise is very simple: deploy Rails applications in the PHP way. This is not the best marketing they could have. Rails application deployment is not a big thing – I was deploying applications with shell scripts at no cost at all. Since there is Capistrano tool I don’t think this is a problem at all. The upload-single-file-through-ftp approach is making more troubles than it solves (which files did I change?) and it is not encouraging me to peek at the new toy at all. What I want to see is simplistic installation procedure and the amazing performance (speed is promoted right after the promise of easy deployment).
Continue reading “mod_rails – The Crash Course”

Tags: apache, config, installation, mod_rails, rails, ruby, ubuntu

The simple equation doesn’t impress, isn’t it? However the result is a great thing. It all started about a year ago on the very first meeting of the Warsaw-Poland Ruby community. Guys (this is what I heard) very quickly shifted from talking about Rails to share business experiences with start-ups. This is how Bootstrap.pl was born: a mixture of business and technology served in monthly portions. I like this idea for a simple reason, there is too many geeks ignoring the business world and too many business people without any understanding for technical aspects.
Continue reading “Barcamp + Poland = Bootstrap.pl”

Tags: bootstrap, meeting, poland, presentation, startup