Switching users during a capistrano deploy
We have a complicated deployment on my current project which includes running several commands as a different user from the main deployment user. Normally, t...
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Capistrano with pairing stations
My last few projects have all been developed on mac minis. We have them set up as pairing stations, with two people to a machine. Every machine was cloned fr...
Testing internationalization language files
Update (8/29/08): I wrote about a bunch of improvements to the test described below in Improved internationalization test
Sendfile does not work on Live CDs
Kent Spillner and I were trying to set up an Ubuntu Live CD with a full rails stack running our current project. We were seeing weird issues with nginx, such...
Announcing new plugin: rake_commit_tasks
The last few projects I’ve been on have had a “rake commit” task for checking in. This is documented at Jay’s blog: Ruby: rake commit