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Monthly Archives: July 2007

Capistrano now supports staging

Posted on July 23, 2007 by joost
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Grrrrrreat news: Capistrano now supports multiple stages. Will use that for sure!

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Pagination in Rails

Posted on July 23, 2007 by joost
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We all know pagination is going out of Rails core pretty soon. If you’re still using the built-in paginator classes, stop doing that! Seriously. They’re supposed to be baaaad for ya, or so I have heard.
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Rails migrations: no find or create for you

Posted on July 18, 2007 by joost
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I got bitten by this bug today. Migrations in Rails are sold to us developers as the bee’s knees. Truthfully they are a godsend. But sometimes stuff just does not work.
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How to fix is_home() in WordPress 2.1+

Posted on July 17, 2007 by joost
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WordPress introduced a great feature in version 2.1: a static home page. Twas the feature that made WP a viable CMS. But unfortunately it broke the internal is_home() function. Here’s how to patch that.
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MacBook blinding screen of death fix

Posted on July 12, 2007 by joost
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Ever used Fast User Switch on a MacBook and were greeted with an ugly bright / washed out and barely usable display? Here is the fix. Works!

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Cool tools

Posted on July 10, 2007 by joost
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For web developers, there are so many cool tools right now it’s not even funny. Here are just a few.
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