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16 November 2011

Per Request Cache for Rack

Ever wanted a cache that is bound to the current request? ... Read More

Added by Tom in Ruby, Rack, Gem, Cache, Announcement, | Comments
12 May 2011

Daemonize a script or worker in Rails 3

A couple of gems allow easy daemonisation of scripts / long running processes. But as soon as you need to include your Rails environment you will run into problems. ... Read More

Added by Tom in Ruby, Rails, daemons, | Comments
17 January 2011

Our new TrikeApps office

At the start of the year we moved into our new office. It's not far away from the old office... but way bigger! ... Read More

Added by Tom in Fun, | Comments
20 December 2010

Secure your forms with a simple Math Captcha

As soon as your application has a form that's available to everyone, you WILL be spammed! So what can we do about it? Well, one option is to have all forms secured by authentication... OR we can use a captcha. ... Read More

Added by Tom in Ruby, Rails, Security, | Comments
01 September 2010

GData Spreadsheet Gem released

Fresh from our office comes the GData Spreadsheet Gem. ... Read More

Added by Tom in Ruby, GData, Announcement, | Comments
19 August 2010

How to get a AuthSub session token for Google's GData

One of the more interesting things when talking to Google is Authentication. Basically, there are two methods available... The simple solution is to use username and password, the other option would be token based authentication. ... Read More

Added by Tom in Ruby, GData, Authentication, | Comments