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Rails Rumble Recap

During the weekend of October 16th and 18th, I participated in the Rails Rumble 2010 coding competition. The exercise was to build a web app from scratch in 48 hours using Ruby and Rails.
Our team consisted of 3 people: Tim, Falk and myself.
The app we produced: Pianrra - An online keyboard with recording and playback functionality.

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My dream camera is something whittled down to the essence of an M9, but in a smaller package and at 1/10 of the price. The GF1 was the closest we’ve gotten thus far, and while the GF2 has simplified things, it’s not simplicity in the direction I was hoping for.

Initial thoughts on the GF2 announcement — Satellite — Craig Mod

That’s pretty much what I am after as well. I think a Leica M9 is an incredible sexy and capable camera (without ever having used one) and the only full-frame camera I’d be interested in. But financially it’s just so out of reach.

I pretty much agree with his first impressions of the recently announced GF2. I think I will still rather get a GF1 for a lower price instead. The new features of the GF2 are just not compelling enough. And getting the latest and greatest is just a waste of money anyway.

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Of course, it’s cheaper to manufacture a DVD, print a guide, put it in a nice box and make a real person deliver it, than just sending a couple of bytes over a telephone line.

Of course, it’s cheaper to manufacture a DVD, print a guide, put it in a nice box and make a real person deliver it, than just sending a couple of bytes over a telephone line.

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Nice tip in the latest Heroku newsletter: “Use Git Tags to Manage Versions”.

Nice tip in the latest Heroku newsletter: “Use Git Tags to Manage Versions”.

Show the version number of your Rails app using Git

I use Git tags to manage the version numbers of my Rails apps. Every time a new version is ready, I tag the current commit like this1:

git tag -a v2.3 -m "adding version tag v2.3"

My environment.rb file defines a constant to hold this information (in this case “v2.3”):

APP_VERSION = `git describe --always` unless defined? APP_VERSION

This constant simply contains the output of Git describe2. Now I can use it anywhere in my app where I would like to display the version number.


  1. You are using semantic versioning, right? 

  2. The backticks execute a shell command. Here’s more information: http://gist.github.com/4069 

New Twitter has Gist Support!

thechangelog:

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This is just too awesome.

/via Yehuda Katz

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[…] if you like to shoot RAW and you’re only interested in some casual video usage, and want DSLR image quality in a much more pocketable size, you’re going to love the GF1. The GF1 somehow is better than just the sum of its parts, using it is a blast, and especially with the 20mm f/1.7 attached, there’s little reason to not carry it with you everywhere. As such, for photographers (especially enthusiasts) looking for the best compact sized mirrorless camera, the GF1 isn’t just “Highly Recommended”, it’s “Essential”.
These little cameras are the future of digital. Big SLRs will still stick around for action, news, and sports, but for most of us, micro 4/3 is it. This kind of camera is half the size of old-fashioned mechanical DSLRs, with a complete range of interchangeable lenses.
Ken Rockwell in his PMA 2010 Report