Inspired by this post by The Merbist, I’ve decided to begin writing a Datamapper Adapter for MailChimp as a follow up to my post about creating a Merb web service. Look here for updates. Just an empty shell at the moment, but I’ll remedy that shortly.
For whatever reason, I can rarely remember the myriad syntax for managing gem dependencies in Rails. I’ve visited this page quite a bit during various projects. When trying to install the zeep messaging gem recently, sure enough I struggled a bit with getting the syntax correct. Anyway, without further ado, here is what worked: config.gem [...]
In my previous post, I wrote about quickly setting an Ubuntu Hardy slice up with Radiant and the latest Phusion tools (mod_rails and Ruby Enterprise) and alluded to some setting up logging and monitoring as next steps. As monitoring and logging are fascinating subjects, I figured I’d follow up with a few sentences about what [...]
A while back, I was asked to build some code to help keep a businesses mailing list synchronized between SalesForce.com and their campaign management tool, which I suggested should be MailChimp and not the tool they were currently using, but I digress. The project never materialized, but I figured I would build it anyway and [...]
I don’t really bother writing anything about Slicehost installs anymore, as Pickled Onion over at the slicehost articles site writes excellent, up-to-date articles on the most relevant deployment and configuration topics. However, I just did a Radiant install, complete with Phusion Passenger (mod_rails) and Ruby Enterprise on Ubuntu Hardy and found a nice shortcut I [...]
