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MongoDB, What it is? 28 Aug 2010 | 05:25 am
Puts simply, MongoDB is a document store database. Things are written to the database in BSON (Binary jSON) and displayed to the user in JSON. The power of MongoDB is that it can handle tons of data. ...
Making SUPERFAST THINGS in Ruby (Using C Extensions) 30 Jul 2010 | 03:34 am
I will address one of the primary uses for a C extension in Ruby, speed. Due to it’s very nature, Ruby is slow (as compared to compiled languages like C). It gets the job done, but sometimes it takes ...
Lambdas 28 Jul 2010 | 10:52 am
What are these Lambdas you speak of? This article is focused on Lambdas as used in the Ruby language. What are Lambdas? They’re given several names in other languages. Lambda Anonymous Function C...
Database syncronization woes 4 Nov 2009 | 01:00 pm
Database resyncronization depends on what went wrong but the steps below will most likely solve most issues. Run these commands on the slave database STOP SLAVE; # stop the Slave I/O threads RESET ...
Don’t Call it “Case Equality” 31 Jul 2009 | 05:47 am
I’ve recently learned to love Ruby’s “triple equals” operator, sometimes referred to as the “case equality operator”. But I stand with Hal Fulton, author of The Ruby Way, in disliking the latter term,...
Ruby file trimming app 18 Jul 2009 | 10:26 am
We recently had an interesting experience with very large files. These were comma delimited files (.csv) containing hundreds of thousands of records, each with a dozen or so fields. e.g. rec1,field2...
Working with Git 20 Jun 2009 | 11:34 am
This tutorial covers all the commands (hopefully) we’ll need for the projects we build here at PMA. If there’s anything that needs to be added to it, feel free to comment. Starting with the basics, w...
Asynchronous Processing with Workling and Starling 19 Jun 2009 | 02:40 am
When working with applications whose actions may take some time to complete, it may be better to handle the request asynchronously. A quick and easy way to do this is using Starling and Workling. Sta...
The Scan() Method for Regular Expressions 17 Jun 2009 | 07:59 am
As I was writing a simple script to display the education I received from reading The Ruby Way 2nd Edition chapters 2 and 3, I found a really neat method that helped me complete my task. If you didn’t...
Advanced Routing Wireless To Your LAN With Cisco WRT400N 11 Jun 2009 | 11:16 am
Advanced routing wireless to LAN with the Cisco WRT400N router is simple, once you know how. Just do the basic setup on the router as usual, only disable the DHCP server. Then go to the Advaned Routin...
