From dchelimsky at gmail.com Thu Mar 1 22:56:52 2007 From: dchelimsky at gmail.com (David Chelimsky) Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 21:56:52 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup In-Reply-To: References: <899695.18504.qm@web82815.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <96A1DBCC-2FBE-4640-8AD0-357DCC07A450@sneer.org> <45E604BE.5080103@fabled.net> Message-ID: <57c63afe0703011956h5c2e40a0q779b585ad152c240@mail.gmail.com> On 2/28/07, Jason Perkins wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 4:39 PM, Sarah Gray wrote: > > > I'll be there Thursday. Prob not till 7:30 / 7:40. > > How bout next week it meets on the day Peter can go? They're > > informal anyways, so that'd suit the most people I bet > > That works for me for next week. I'm planning on being there tomorrow > from around 7 until 8. Well, I showed up at about 7:20 and couldn't find anybody. Sarah showed up at around 7:50, right as they were announcing that they close at 8!!! So, let's pick a place that's open later than 8 for next week, and hopefully more people will show up this time. > > > > -- > Jason Perkins > jperkins at sneer.org > > "The key to performance is elegance, not > battalions of special cases." > > -Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From peter at oaktop.com Fri Mar 2 05:58:08 2007 From: peter at oaktop.com (Peter K Chan) Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 05:58:08 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup In-Reply-To: <57c63afe0703011956h5c2e40a0q779b585ad152c240@mail.gmail.com> References: <899695.18504.qm@web82815.mail.mud.yahoo.com><96A1DBCC-2FBE-4640-8AD0-357DCC07A450@sneer.org><45E604BE.5080103@fabled.net> <57c63afe0703011956h5c2e40a0q779b585ad152c240@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: David, Sorry about last night. Metropolis closing at 8 is not going to work for us. There is another caf? by the name of Cafe Du Monde, which is just one block from Metropolis. Let me check it out this weekend to see how it looks. Links to Caf? Du Monde - http://www.yelp.com/biz/YaOPuunlKPC2tLvBee2i-g?utm_campaign=local&utm_medium=organic&hrid=YNOI1cCMoh0s5fjor91nXA I will propose another Rails meetup by the start of next week. Peter -----Original Message----- From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of David Chelimsky Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 9:57 PM To: Chirb discussion list Subject: Re: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup On 2/28/07, Jason Perkins wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 4:39 PM, Sarah Gray wrote: > > > I'll be there Thursday. Prob not till 7:30 / 7:40. > > How bout next week it meets on the day Peter can go? They're > > informal anyways, so that'd suit the most people I bet > > That works for me for next week. I'm planning on being there tomorrow > from around 7 until 8. Well, I showed up at about 7:20 and couldn't find anybody. Sarah showed up at around 7:50, right as they were announcing that they close at 8!!! So, let's pick a place that's open later than 8 for next week, and hopefully more people will show up this time. > > > > -- > Jason Perkins > jperkins at sneer.org > > "The key to performance is elegance, not > battalions of special cases." > > -Jon Bentley and Doug McIlroy > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > _______________________________________________ ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list From cosine at cosine.org Mon Mar 5 12:06:09 2007 From: cosine at cosine.org (Michael H Buselli) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:06:09 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] parking near thoughtworks In-Reply-To: References: <68D76F94-EAAD-452A-9D12-00544A689122@theworkinggroup.ca> Message-ID: <406d2d610703050906k70c45cd4h2dc588cb48f4cd18@mail.gmail.com> On 2/5/07, Josh Cronemeyer wrote: > I can usually find metered parking on stetson. Basically if you are going > east on lake you run into stetson just after michigan. Turn right on > stetson and you are good. How hungry are the meters, and how long do they last before they need re-feeding? I'm already parked over near where I work, but that's quite a walk away from the Aon Center. If it's only a few bucks I'll move my car. --Michael From jcroneme at thoughtworks.com Mon Mar 5 12:39:27 2007 From: jcroneme at thoughtworks.com (Josh Cronemeyer) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:39:27 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] parking near thoughtworks In-Reply-To: <406d2d610703050906k70c45cd4h2dc588cb48f4cd18@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I am 90% sure that the meters along stetson (the street running N/S along the west side of the building) are 1$ per hour up to 2 hours and they only take quarters. There are some other spots on lake that you have to use the little parking machine and someone told me they are 3$ per hour up to 2 hours. I also looked into the AON center parking garage which has an entrance off stetson. If you get there before 6PM parking is 6$ for the whole night. If you get there after 6PM it is 13$ for the whole night. Hope that helps! Josh Cronemeyer chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org wrote on 03/05/2007 11:06:09 AM: > On 2/5/07, Josh Cronemeyer wrote: > > > I can usually find metered parking on stetson. Basically if you are going > > east on lake you run into stetson just after michigan. Turn right on > > stetson and you are good. > > How hungry are the meters, and how long do they last before they need > re-feeding? > > I'm already parked over near where I work, but that's quite a walk > away from the Aon Center. If it's only a few bucks I'll move my car. > > --Michael > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070305/8269ac19/attachment.html From peter at oaktop.com Tue Mar 6 03:48:40 2007 From: peter at oaktop.com (Peter K Chan) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 03:48:40 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup In-Reply-To: References: <899695.18504.qm@web82815.mail.mud.yahoo.com><96A1DBCC-2FBE-4640-8AD0-357DCC07A450@sneer.org><45E604BE.5080103@fabled.net><57c63afe0703011956h5c2e40a0q779b585ad152c240@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Folks, I checked out Caf? Du Monde over the weekend and found out that they close at 8 too (contrary to what was posted on the web). I propose that this week's meetup be held on Wednesday, March 7, back at Fixx (near the Belmont stop). P.S. If you know of another north side coffee shop, please share. Peter -----Original Message----- From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Peter K Chan Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:58 AM To: Chirb discussion list Subject: Re: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup David, Sorry about last night. Metropolis closing at 8 is not going to work for us. There is another caf? by the name of Cafe Du Monde, which is just one block from Metropolis. Let me check it out this weekend to see how it looks. Links to Caf? Du Monde - http://www.yelp.com/biz/YaOPuunlKPC2tLvBee2i-g?utm_campaign=local&utm_medium=organic&hrid=YNOI1cCMoh0s5fjor91nXA I will propose another Rails meetup by the start of next week. Peter From scott.althoff at gmail.com Tue Mar 6 09:09:59 2007 From: scott.althoff at gmail.com (Scott Althoff) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 08:09:59 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup In-Reply-To: References: <899695.18504.qm@web82815.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <96A1DBCC-2FBE-4640-8AD0-357DCC07A450@sneer.org> <45E604BE.5080103@fabled.net> <57c63afe0703011956h5c2e40a0q779b585ad152c240@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46be9d20703060609r6b193afeq29717e1affe747fa@mail.gmail.com> I can meet Wed at the Fixx. On 3/6/07, Peter K Chan wrote: > Folks, > I checked out Caf? Du Monde over the weekend and found out that they close at 8 too (contrary to what was posted on the web). > > I propose that this week's meetup be held on Wednesday, March 7, back at Fixx (near the Belmont stop). > > P.S. If you know of another north side coffee shop, please share. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Peter K Chan > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:58 AM > To: Chirb discussion list > Subject: Re: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup > > David, > Sorry about last night. > > Metropolis closing at 8 is not going to work for us. There is another caf? by the name of Cafe Du Monde, which is just one block from Metropolis. Let me check it out this weekend to see how it looks. > > Links to Caf? Du Monde - > > http://www.yelp.com/biz/YaOPuunlKPC2tLvBee2i-g?utm_campaign=local&utm_medium=organic&hrid=YNOI1cCMoh0s5fjor91nXA > > I will propose another Rails meetup by the start of next week. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From peter at oaktop.com Tue Mar 6 12:20:03 2007 From: peter at oaktop.com (Peter K Chan) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 12:20:03 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup In-Reply-To: <46be9d20703060609r6b193afeq29717e1affe747fa@mail.gmail.com> References: <899695.18504.qm@web82815.mail.mud.yahoo.com><96A1DBCC-2FBE-4640-8AD0-357DCC07A450@sneer.org><45E604BE.5080103@fabled.net><57c63afe0703011956h5c2e40a0q779b585ad152c240@mail.gmail.com> <46be9d20703060609r6b193afeq29717e1affe747fa@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Great! Here is the event page. Please RSVP if you can come or maybe come. http://www.chirb.org/event/show/16 Thanks, Peter -----Original Message----- From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Scott Althoff Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 8:10 AM To: Chirb discussion list Subject: Re: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup I can meet Wed at the Fixx. On 3/6/07, Peter K Chan wrote: > Folks, > I checked out Caf? Du Monde over the weekend and found out that they close at 8 too (contrary to what was posted on the web). > > I propose that this week's meetup be held on Wednesday, March 7, back at Fixx (near the Belmont stop). > > P.S. If you know of another north side coffee shop, please share. > > Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:chicagogroup-members-list-bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Peter K Chan > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 4:58 AM > To: Chirb discussion list > Subject: Re: [Chirb] North Side Rails Meetup > > David, > Sorry about last night. > > Metropolis closing at 8 is not going to work for us. There is another caf? by the name of Cafe Du Monde, which is just one block from Metropolis. Let me check it out this weekend to see how it looks. > > Links to Caf? Du Monde - > > http://www.yelp.com/biz/YaOPuunlKPC2tLvBee2i-g?utm_campaign=local&utm_medium=organic&hrid=YNOI1cCMoh0s5fjor91nXA > > I will propose another Rails meetup by the start of next week. > > Peter > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > _______________________________________________ ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Tue Mar 6 15:03:47 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:03:47 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] ChiPy March Meeting Thursday 3/8 RSVP encouraged Message-ID: <3096c19d0703061203y310f7dd4r433e6f261b8d7cd3@mail.gmail.com> Chicago Python User Group ========================= Come join us for our best meeting ever! Pizza and drinks will be served, courtesy of Google. RSVP's are not needed, but are encouraged. Write chris.mcavoy at gmail.com with the subject line "RSVP Chipy" Topics ------ * PyCon 2007 re-cap * "Unicode for Small Children (and Children at Heart)" by Feihong Hsu * Ian Bicking will bring his OLPC laptop (http://laptop.org) and will discuss ideas for a Chicago Sprint around XO Sugar development * Pete Fein will present a project he came up with during the Pycon sprints, "GrassyKnoll" Location -------- Google's Chicago office 20 West Kinzie Street, 9th Floor Chicago, IL 60610 Location description: "18 story glass and steel building on the Northwest corner of Dearborn and Kinzie." "Across the street from Harry Carey's" "Upstairs from Keefer's restaurant" * Map Enter via the lobby on the South side of the building, between Keefer's restaurant and Keefer's cafe. Street (meter) parking is kinda sorta available in the area. Garage and lot parking is also available Southwest and East of our building. 1. The closest "L" stop is Grand on the Red Line and Clark/Lake on the "Blue/Green/Orange/Brown/Purple Line". (All are about an 8 minute walk from Google) 2. The closest Metra station is the Ogilvie Transportation Center (in the Citibank building) (about 20 minutes walk or take the Riverbus) 3. The closest River Bus stop is at Michigan Avenue (By the Wrigley Building at 2 North Riverside Plaza. () ;-) 4. The nearest helipad is at the mouth of the river, near Navy Pier. Obtain security clearance before landing. About ChiPy ----------- ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. ChiPy website: ChiPy Mailing List: Python website: From chris.mcavoy at gmail.com Tue Mar 6 15:36:26 2007 From: chris.mcavoy at gmail.com (Chris McAvoy) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 14:36:26 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] ChiPy March Meeting Thursday 3/8 RSVP encouraged In-Reply-To: <3096c19d0703061203y310f7dd4r433e6f261b8d7cd3@mail.gmail.com> References: <3096c19d0703061203y310f7dd4r433e6f261b8d7cd3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <3096c19d0703061236r64ba9d74wd9f8d5f5b9b2b2e6@mail.gmail.com> For the curious, this meeting will be held at 7pm. Special thanks to "Bradley Slavik", the winner of our "spot the typos" contest. Bradley will be receiving his prize of knowledge (and Pizza) Thursday, March 8th at 7pm. Chris On 3/6/07, Chris McAvoy wrote: > Chicago Python User Group > ========================= > > Come join us for our best meeting ever! Pizza and drinks will be > served, courtesy of Google. RSVP's are not needed, but are > encouraged. Write chris.mcavoy at gmail.com with the subject line "RSVP > Chipy" > > Topics > ------ > > * PyCon 2007 re-cap > * "Unicode for Small Children (and Children at Heart)" by Feihong Hsu > * Ian Bicking will bring his OLPC laptop (http://laptop.org) and will > discuss ideas for a Chicago Sprint around XO Sugar development > * Pete Fein will present a project he came up with during the Pycon > sprints, "GrassyKnoll" > > Location > -------- > > Google's Chicago office > 20 West Kinzie Street, 9th Floor > Chicago, IL 60610 > > Location description: > "18 story glass and steel building on the Northwest corner of Dearborn > and Kinzie." > "Across the street from Harry Carey's" > "Upstairs from Keefer's restaurant" > > * Map > > Enter via the lobby on the South side of the building, between Keefer's > restaurant and Keefer's cafe. > > Street (meter) parking is kinda sorta available in the area. Garage and > lot parking is also available Southwest and East of our building. > > 1. The closest "L" stop is Grand on the Red Line and Clark/Lake on the > "Blue/Green/Orange/Brown/Purple Line". (All are about an 8 minute walk > from Google) > 2. The closest Metra station is the Ogilvie Transportation Center (in > the Citibank building) (about 20 minutes walk or take the Riverbus) > 3. The closest River Bus stop is at Michigan Avenue (By the Wrigley > Building at 2 North Riverside Plaza. > () ;-) > 4. The nearest helipad is at the mouth of the river, near Navy Pier. > Obtain security clearance before landing. > > About ChiPy > ----------- > > ChiPy is a group of Chicago Python Programmers, l33t, and n00bs. > Meetings are held monthly at various locations around Chicago. > Also, ChiPy is a proud sponsor of many Open Source and Educational > efforts in Chicago. Stay tuned to the mailing list for more info. > > ChiPy website: > ChiPy Mailing List: > Python website: > From tdenkinger at gmail.com Wed Mar 7 13:38:10 2007 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:38:10 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations Message-ID: First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last Monday. I had to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave Chelimsky for that. I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My company is going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the opportunity to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is worth looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a large service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of concurrent sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In fact, they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its ability to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why I'm seeking examples. Thanks for any insights. Troy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070307/d2055cf5/attachment-0001.html From cstejerean at gmail.com Wed Mar 7 14:36:49 2007 From: cstejerean at gmail.com (Cosmin Stejerean) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 13:36:49 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <276266d0703071136g18c5929ag4f5398ee588a88b4@mail.gmail.com> How about basecamp (www.basecamphq.com) I believe it has hundreds of thousands of users and I've been a customer for close to a year. Rails applications usually scale well by just adding more web servers, app severs and DB servers (depending on the type of application). - Cosmin On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last Monday. I had > to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave > Chelimsky for that. > > I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My company is > going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the opportunity > to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is worth > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a large > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of concurrent > sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In fact, > they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its ability > to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why I'm > seeking examples. > > Thanks for any insights. > > Troy > > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com Wed Mar 7 14:51:05 2007 From: christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com (Chris McMahon) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 12:51:05 -0700 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <72799cd70703071151y73ffe18and38b2fb63b9e2934@mail.gmail.com> I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is worth > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a large > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of concurrent > sessions). Thoughtworks has done some of this, mostly after I left. The people that I knew were in the thick of it were Obie Fernandez and Joe O'Brien. If you google for "Enterprise Rails" with those last names, you'll turn up a lot of references. And maybe some current TWers will check in? -Chris From hubrix at gmail.com Wed Mar 7 15:17:16 2007 From: hubrix at gmail.com (Mark Alexander Friedgan) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 14:17:16 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: <276266d0703071136g18c5929ag4f5398ee588a88b4@mail.gmail.com> References: <276266d0703071136g18c5929ag4f5398ee588a88b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Kind of interesting. What does "concurrent session" mean to you. Do you mean concurrent requests (hundreds of thousands of those seems really scary) or just hundreds of thousands of web sessions with about 100-200 concurrent requests? On 3/7/07, Cosmin Stejerean wrote: > > How about basecamp (www.basecamphq.com) > > I believe it has hundreds of thousands of users and I've been a > customer for close to a year. Rails applications usually scale well by > just adding more web servers, app severs and DB servers (depending on > the type of application). > > - Cosmin > > On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > > First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last Monday. I > had > > to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave > > Chelimsky for that. > > > > I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My > company is > > going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the > opportunity > > to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is > worth > > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a > large > > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of > concurrent > > sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In > fact, > > they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its > ability > > to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why > I'm > > seeking examples. > > > > Thanks for any insights. > > > > Troy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070307/27575eb4/attachment.html From tdenkinger at gmail.com Wed Mar 7 16:07:40 2007 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:07:40 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: References: <276266d0703071136g18c5929ag4f5398ee588a88b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Ah, excellent question. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of sessions currently active, but not all hitting the app at the same time. Since it's a web-based service, there are going to be periods where those in active sessions are not whacking the service but are doing stuff locally. Thanks for making me clarify. On 3/7/07, Mark Alexander Friedgan wrote: > > Kind of interesting. What does "concurrent session" mean to you. Do you > mean concurrent requests (hundreds of thousands of those seems really scary) > or just hundreds of thousands of web sessions with about 100-200 concurrent > requests? > > On 3/7/07, Cosmin Stejerean wrote: > > > > How about basecamp (www.basecamphq.com) > > > > I believe it has hundreds of thousands of users and I've been a > > customer for close to a year. Rails applications usually scale well by > > just adding more web servers, app severs and DB servers (depending on > > the type of application). > > > > - Cosmin > > > > On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > > > First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last > > Monday. I had > > > to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave > > > Chelimsky for that. > > > > > > I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My > > company is > > > going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the > > opportunity > > > to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is > > worth > > > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a > > large > > > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of > > concurrent > > > sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In > > fact, > > > they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its > > ability > > > to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why > > I'm > > > seeking examples. > > > > > > Thanks for any insights. > > > > > > Troy > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070307/4d0729ea/attachment.html From dave at obtiva.com Wed Mar 7 16:33:14 2007 From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 15:33:14 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: References: <276266d0703071136g18c5929ag4f5398ee588a88b4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <11c8704e0703071333o5d51be39u8e85ca62058076bf@mail.gmail.com> So now that you've clarified that, when it comes to scaling Rails, it's actually more useful to talk in number of requests/second. Do you have any numbers on that? On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > Ah, excellent question. I'm talking about hundreds of thousands of sessions > currently active, but not all hitting the app at the same time. Since it's > a web-based service, there are going to be periods where those in active > sessions are not whacking the service but are doing stuff locally. > > Thanks for making me clarify. > > > On 3/7/07, Mark Alexander Friedgan wrote: > > > > Kind of interesting. What does "concurrent session" mean to you. Do you > mean concurrent requests (hundreds of thousands of those seems really scary) > or just hundreds of thousands of web sessions with about 100-200 concurrent > requests? > > > > > > > > On 3/7/07, Cosmin Stejerean < cstejerean at gmail.com> wrote: > > > How about basecamp (www.basecamphq.com) > > > > > > I believe it has hundreds of thousands of users and I've been a > > > customer for close to a year. Rails applications usually scale well by > > > just adding more web servers, app severs and DB servers (depending on > > > the type of application). > > > > > > - Cosmin > > > > > > On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger < tdenkinger at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last Monday. > I had > > > > to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave > > > > Chelimsky for that. > > > > > > > > I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My > company is > > > > going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the > opportunity > > > > to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is > worth > > > > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a > large > > > > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of > concurrent > > > > sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In > fact, > > > > they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its > ability > > > > to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why > I'm > > > > seeking examples. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any insights. > > > > > > > > Troy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From mrnicksgirl at gmail.com Wed Mar 7 18:41:57 2007 From: mrnicksgirl at gmail.com (Nola Stowe) Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 17:41:57 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <43e95380703071541g6348bd4aj33ef359d8f1a3e9@mail.gmail.com> Don't know about their number of users or infrastructure, but I saw this on the ROR Blog recently: http://blog.rubyonrails.com/2007/2/15/rails-application-featured-on-good-morning-america On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last Monday. I had > to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave > Chelimsky for that. > > I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My company is > going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the opportunity > to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is worth > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a large > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of concurrent > sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In fact, > they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its ability > to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why I'm > seeking examples. > > Thanks for any insights. > > Troy > > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -- http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun http://CodeSnipers.com From fitz at red-bean.com Tue Mar 6 17:38:53 2007 From: fitz at red-bean.com (Brian W. Fitzpatrick) Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:38:53 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] [Chicago] ChiPy March Meeting Thursday 3/8 RSVP encouraged In-Reply-To: <3096c19d0703061203y310f7dd4r433e6f261b8d7cd3@mail.gmail.com> References: <3096c19d0703061203y310f7dd4r433e6f261b8d7cd3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: On 3/6/07, Chris McAvoy wrote: > Location > -------- > > Google's Chicago office > 20 West Kinzie Street, 9th Floor > Chicago, IL 60610 > > Location description: > "18 story glass and steel building on the Northwest corner of Dearborn > and Kinzie." North*east* corner. The Northwest corner is, um, kind of not yet finished being built. -Fitz From shanev at gmail.com Thu Mar 8 16:00:05 2007 From: shanev at gmail.com (Shane Vitarana) Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:00:05 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: <43e95380703071541g6348bd4aj33ef359d8f1a3e9@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e95380703071541g6348bd4aj33ef359d8f1a3e9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4ab757a40703081300y27ed8ad7oe7d600ec56ce320a@mail.gmail.com> Currently I would say: penny-arcade.com 43things.com And maybe even unspun.amazon.com, but Alexa doesn't have rankings for sub-domains. Shane (http://shanesbrain.net) On 3/7/07, Nola Stowe wrote: > > Don't know about their number of users or infrastructure, but I saw > this on the ROR Blog recently: > > > http://blog.rubyonrails.com/2007/2/15/rails-application-featured-on-good-morning-america > > On 3/7/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > > First off, thanks to Josh for hosting the ChiRB meeting last Monday. I > had > > to leave early but what I saw of RSpec was impressive; thanks to Dave > > Chelimsky for that. > > > > I need to ask about existing/in-development large Rails apps. My > company is > > going through a bet of a technology reset and we will have the > opportunity > > to re-architect things. I'd love to convince the execs that Rails is > worth > > looking at, but I need to be able to point to someone using it for a > large > > service with a user base (measured in hundreds of thousands of > concurrent > > sessions). The execs I have to pitch this to are not anti-Rails. In > fact, > > they think it's great, but they aren't necessarily believers in its > ability > > to scale to very large projects. I'm not sure I am either, that's why > I'm > > seeking examples. > > > > Thanks for any insights. > > > > Troy > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > -- > http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl > http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun > http://CodeSnipers.com > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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And what have YOU done lately? ;-) Peter From tdenkinger at gmail.com Mon Mar 12 11:12:07 2007 From: tdenkinger at gmail.com (Troy Denkinger) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:12:07 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Large Rails Installations In-Reply-To: <4ab757a40703081300y27ed8ad7oe7d600ec56ce320a@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e95380703071541g6348bd4aj33ef359d8f1a3e9@mail.gmail.com> <4ab757a40703081300y27ed8ad7oe7d600ec56ce320a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Thanks to everyone who replied to this discussion. I think we've decided, for the sake of exploiting our core competency, to build this service on Java/Spring/Hibernate but to build backend systems in ROR. I told my boss that my secret hope is that we'll be able bring ROR forward at some point, and he agreed. Troy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One key to succeeding so far has been organically growing the knowledge of Rails within the organization - presentations, proof-of-concept apps, utilities - in order to set up a pull of interest and excitement within the organization. - Ken On 3/12/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who replied to this discussion. I think we've decided, > for the sake of exploiting our core competency, to build this service on > Java/Spring/Hibernate but to build backend systems in ROR. I told my boss > that my secret hope is that we'll be able bring ROR forward at some point, > and he agreed. > > Troy > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070312/744d5080/attachment.html From qzzzq1 at gmail.com Thu Mar 15 16:52:04 2007 From: qzzzq1 at gmail.com (colin h) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:52:04 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question Message-ID: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> I'm working up a simple redirect script that will redirect people trying to access old sub domains to the root site(or anything i want really).so test.domain.com would be redirected to domain.com where the problem comes in is when i put a path... when i specify a file, such as test.domain.com/stuff.html it chokes and says:Routing Error - no route found to match "/stuff.html" with {:method=>:get} i've never really messed with routes before and all my googling has turned up nothing... ideas... suggestions? here's what i got for routes so far.. ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| map.connect '', :controller => "redirect" map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' end From hubrix at hubrix.com Thu Mar 15 17:36:26 2007 From: hubrix at hubrix.com (Mark Alexander Friedgan) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:36:26 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: just use mod_rewrite it's much easier to do that On 3/15/07, colin h wrote: > I'm working up a simple redirect script that will redirect people > trying to access old sub domains to the root site(or anything i want > really).so test.domain.com would be redirected to domain.com > > where the problem comes in is when i put a path... when i specify a > file, such as > > test.domain.com/stuff.html > > it chokes and says:Routing Error - no route found to match > "/stuff.html" with {:method=>:get} > > i've never really messed with routes before and all my googling has > turned up nothing... > > ideas... suggestions? > > > here's what i got for routes so far.. > > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| > > map.connect '', :controller => "redirect" > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' > end > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From qzzzq1 at gmail.com Thu Mar 15 17:56:59 2007 From: qzzzq1 at gmail.com (colin h) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:56:59 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <507da57a0703151456u68de832am94e7682c8f9ed6e7@mail.gmail.com> well i should have added that i'm using mongel... it's a windows shop.. 8( On 3/15/07, Mark Alexander Friedgan wrote: > just use mod_rewrite > it's much easier to do that > > On 3/15/07, colin h wrote: > > I'm working up a simple redirect script that will redirect people > > trying to access old sub domains to the root site(or anything i want > > really).so test.domain.com would be redirected to domain.com > > > > where the problem comes in is when i put a path... when i specify a > > file, such as > > > > test.domain.com/stuff.html > > > > it chokes and says:Routing Error - no route found to match > > "/stuff.html" with {:method=>:get} > > > > i've never really messed with routes before and all my googling has > > turned up nothing... > > > > ideas... suggestions? > > > > > > here's what i got for routes so far.. > > > > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| > > > > map.connect '', :controller => "redirect" > > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' > > end > > _______________________________________________ > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From dave at obtiva.com Thu Mar 15 18:07:30 2007 From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:07:30 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <11c8704e0703151507x735174aao898d985340a74f66@mail.gmail.com> > test.domain.com/stuff.html > > it chokes and says:Routing Error - no route found to match > "/stuff.html" with {:method=>:get} And does stuff.html live in RAILS_ROOT/public ? From natebkirby at yahoo.com Thu Mar 15 18:20:29 2007 From: natebkirby at yahoo.com (Nate Kirby) Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 06:20:29 +0800 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <507da57a0703151456u68de832am94e7682c8f9ed6e7@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> <507da57a0703151456u68de832am94e7682c8f9ed6e7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <45F9C6AD.7090000@yahoo.com> I have a real strange routing situation. I have a site that is combination of rails and tomcat. All the web requests come in thru tomcat and (via some code) the ones with \Redirector at the front get forwarded to the rails portion of the app. My routes.rb is ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| map.connect 'Redirector/:controller/:action/:id' map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' end My question is about static files in public. Whenever a javascript file is requested, rails gens \javscripts\prototype.js which will get handled by tomcat. We changed it to \Redirector\javscripts\prototype.js but then the files only served up if \public\Redirector\javascripts exists and contains the requested file. Of course this broke AJAX which is where we found it. This feels very ugly for a rails app. There is also an issue with the host/domain that gets returned. Let's say www.mysite.com is the public URL that apache (and tomcat) serves and that rails is running under mongrel. Any request for www.mysite.com/Redirector gets forwarded to rails at admin.mysite.com. However, rails redirect_to and url_for return to admin.mysite.com, not www.mysite.com/Redirector. We had to override redirect_to because the option for host as an override did not have the desired effect. This seems very ugly for a rails app. Is there any good way to us routes to, for instance, map http: to ftp:, or redirect (map) from admin.mysite.com to www.mysite.com? Any suggestions? Blessings, Nate colin h wrote: > well i should have added that i'm using mongel... it's a windows shop.. 8( > > > > On 3/15/07, Mark Alexander Friedgan wrote: > >> just use mod_rewrite >> it's much easier to do that >> >> On 3/15/07, colin h wrote: >> >>> I'm working up a simple redirect script that will redirect people >>> trying to access old sub domains to the root site(or anything i want >>> really).so test.domain.com would be redirected to domain.com >>> >>> where the problem comes in is when i put a path... when i specify a >>> file, such as >>> >>> test.domain.com/stuff.html >>> >>> it chokes and says:Routing Error - no route found to match >>> "/stuff.html" with {:method=>:get} >>> >>> i've never really messed with routes before and all my googling has >>> turned up nothing... >>> >>> ideas... suggestions? >>> >>> >>> here's what i got for routes so far.. >>> >>> ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| >>> >>> map.connect '', :controller => "redirect" >>> map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' >>> end >>> _______________________________________________ >>> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >>> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070316/658b5048/attachment.html From qzzzq1 at gmail.com Thu Mar 15 18:48:42 2007 From: qzzzq1 at gmail.com (colin h) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 17:48:42 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <11c8704e0703151507x735174aao898d985340a74f66@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> <11c8704e0703151507x735174aao898d985340a74f66@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <507da57a0703151548h2cd3c8b6lf681c4ef4a125ccd@mail.gmail.com> No, I want to preserve any path information and pass it along. Here is an outline oh what I I am doing. On a request I nab the host field from the http header I query the database for the site to redirect this to and send a http redirect with this new site I want to preserve any path information that's sent to add to the redirect url. I don't really care if it results in a 404 or not. I am not actually accessing any files off of the rails server. Does that help make a little more sense? On 3/15/07, Dave Hoover wrote: > > test.domain.com/stuff.html > > > > it chokes and says:Routing Error - no route found to match > > "/stuff.html" with {:method=>:get} > > And does stuff.html live in RAILS_ROOT/public ? > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From dave at obtiva.com Fri Mar 16 00:20:00 2007 From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover) Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:20:00 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <11c8704e0703152120r6b84fa3bve37576a8aa2e5a49@mail.gmail.com> > here's what i got for routes so far.. > > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| > > map.connect '', :controller => "redirect" > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' > end # this will match only one path, your front page: http://foo.bar.com/ map.connect '', ... # this is the default Rails route and will match all sorts of # things, as long as the corresponding controllers and # actions already exist map.connect ':controller/:action/:id', ... It sounds like you need a third route that acts as a catch-all. # put this at the very end, or none of your other routes will ever match! map.connect '*catchall', :controller => ... Then in whatever controller/action you hook up to the catchall route, you can either use request.path or params[:catchall] to get at the incoming path as a String or an Array of elements (respectively). Hope that helps, Dave Hoover http://obtiva.com/ http://redsquirrel.com/dave/ From qzzzq1 at gmail.com Mon Mar 19 12:23:08 2007 From: qzzzq1 at gmail.com (colin h) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:23:08 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <11c8704e0703152120r6b84fa3bve37576a8aa2e5a49@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> <11c8704e0703152120r6b84fa3bve37576a8aa2e5a49@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <507da57a0703190923j2a54003evd220ea29ba223d65@mail.gmail.com> this worked fantastically! so i guess i was a little confused at first, i thought the routing wildcards were like File wildcards... so that *catchall would only match http://test.domain.com/stuff-catchall http://test.domain.com/things-catchall but the name after the * just is the hash key you access it with? is that accurate? On 3/15/07, Dave Hoover wrote: > > here's what i got for routes so far.. > > > > ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map| > > > > map.connect '', :controller => "redirect" > > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id' > > end > > # this will match only one path, your front page: http://foo.bar.com/ > map.connect '', ... > > # this is the default Rails route and will match all sorts of > # things, as long as the corresponding controllers and > # actions already exist > map.connect ':controller/:action/:id', ... > > It sounds like you need a third route that acts as a catch-all. > > # put this at the very end, or none of your other routes will ever match! > map.connect '*catchall', :controller => ... > > Then in whatever controller/action you hook up to the catchall route, > you can either use request.path or params[:catchall] to get at the > incoming path as a String or an Array of elements (respectively). > > Hope that helps, > > Dave Hoover > http://obtiva.com/ > http://redsquirrel.com/dave/ > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > From dave at obtiva.com Mon Mar 19 12:38:41 2007 From: dave at obtiva.com (Dave Hoover) Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:38:41 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Routing Question In-Reply-To: <507da57a0703190923j2a54003evd220ea29ba223d65@mail.gmail.com> References: <507da57a0703151352y4a9185fcp38f7788188fcf02f@mail.gmail.com> <11c8704e0703152120r6b84fa3bve37576a8aa2e5a49@mail.gmail.com> <507da57a0703190923j2a54003evd220ea29ba223d65@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <11c8704e0703190938o33f3532ey72f74ecae89d7a8d@mail.gmail.com> > but the name after the * just is the hash key you access it with? is > that accurate? yes, and it return an Array: /foo/bar/baz => ["foo", "bar", "baz"] From kevin at obtiva.com Thu Mar 22 17:18:27 2007 From: kevin at obtiva.com (Kevin Taylor) Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:18:27 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Seeking Software Apprentices Message-ID: <744d5a650703221418s3865f2e3i783eeef32868476@mail.gmail.com> We are looking for 1 full-time and 1 part-time Software Apprentice. 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Joe has even been nice enough on several occasions to help me debug my code or point me in the right direction. On 3/29/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > > Can anyone give me a good recommendation for a hosting service with good > Rails support? I've used Dreamhost in the past and been only moderately > happy with them. > > Thanks, > > Troy > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -- http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070329/e4b4e299/attachment.html From ken at nika.com Thu Mar 29 11:51:14 2007 From: ken at nika.com (Ken Pelletier) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:51:14 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Rails Hosting In-Reply-To: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I have had some very positive interaction with the folks at railsmachine, but am not yet hosting anything with them. I have also spoken gotten positive feedback from people who are hosting with them. http://www.railsmachine.com is worth a look. - Ken On 3/29/07, Nola Stowe wrote: > > I like RailsPlayground.com ... Joe has even been nice enough on several > occasions to help me debug my code or point me in the right direction. > > > On 3/29/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: > > > Can anyone give me a good recommendation for a hosting service with good > > Rails support? I've used Dreamhost in the past and been only moderately > > happy with them. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Troy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > > -- > http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl > http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070329/9c8ab78c/attachment.html From mmusiolik at gmail.com Thu Mar 29 12:00:36 2007 From: mmusiolik at gmail.com (Marcin Musiolik) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:00:36 -0600 Subject: [Chirb] Looking for superstar developer for rocket ship startup Message-ID: Hello, We are an early-stage startup with enormous market momentum, a phenomenal business plan, impressive angel investors, and the seasoned management to execute. We are looking for someone to take our development to the next level. This is a great opportunity for a superstar to have a major impact working with cutting edge technology. The ideal candidate will be passionate, self-motivated, willing to do anything and everything to succeed. Should be familiar with test-based development, extreme programming, or be willing to learn. Experience in: -Ruby on Rails -Junit -HTML -Javascript and AJAX -Web services -SVN -Apache and Lighttpd Please send a link to your resume and some examples of work that you have done. We will contact qualified candidates for a follow-up. Thank you :) Marcin Musiolik marcin at bringo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070329/54732e76/attachment.html From bboyer at monogram.org Thu Mar 29 11:55:29 2007 From: bboyer at monogram.org (Brian Boyer) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:55:29 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Rails Hosting In-Reply-To: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <460BE171.7010003@monogram.org> we're currently set up on textdrive shared hosting - it's pretty cheap and everything seems to work nicely. brian Nola Stowe wrote: > I like RailsPlayground.com ... Joe has even been nice enough on several > occasions to help me debug my code or point me in the right direction. > > > On 3/29/07, * Troy Denkinger* > wrote: > > Can anyone give me a good recommendation for a hosting service with > good Rails support? I've used Dreamhost in the past and been only > moderately happy with them. > > Thanks, > > Troy > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > -- > http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl > http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list From jeff.barczewski at gmail.com Thu Mar 29 13:00:26 2007 From: jeff.barczewski at gmail.com (Jeff Barczewski) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:00:26 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Rails Hosting In-Reply-To: <460BE171.7010003@monogram.org> References: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> <460BE171.7010003@monogram.org> Message-ID: <19cda190703291000t4d048a73t39f909c08c66cb4f@mail.gmail.com> On 3/29/07, Brian Boyer wrote: > > we're currently set up on textdrive shared hosting - it's pretty cheap > and everything seems to work nicely. > > Several people I know have complained about textdrive (namely uptime, servers being overloaded, and when a user changes something apache restarts for all hosts on box). Personally I have not used them so I cannot confirm nor deny any of these claims, but I respect the people that have made them. To get a dedicated virtual host, I would recommend slicehost.com (which is who I use). If you want shared hosting, others have said that bluehost.com is pretty good. Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070329/d9cdc2fe/attachment.html From carmelyne at pwim.com Thu Mar 29 12:23:30 2007 From: carmelyne at pwim.com (Carmelyne Thompson) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:23:30 -0500 Subject: [Chirb] Rails Hosting In-Reply-To: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> References: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <460BE802.7020505@pwim.com> Hi -- I'd recommend getting a slice with SliceHost. http://www.slicehost.com. You'd have to set up your live environment though and the sky is your limit so you can go either way with Apache or Nginx, Lightty or LiteSpeed or Mongrel. Carmelyne Thompson http://www.carmelyne.com http://www.devchix.com Nola Stowe wrote: > I like RailsPlayground.com ... Joe has even been nice enough on > several occasions to help me debug my code or point me in the right > direction. > > > On 3/29/07, * Troy Denkinger* > wrote: > > Can anyone give me a good recommendation for a hosting service > with good Rails support? I've used Dreamhost in the past and been > only moderately happy with them. > > Thanks, > > Troy > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > > > > -- > http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl > http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/chicagogroup-members-list/attachments/20070329/130a54e9/attachment.html From cameron at theworkinggroup.ca Thu Mar 29 14:00:10 2007 From: cameron at theworkinggroup.ca (Cameron Booth) Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:00:10 -0400 Subject: [Chirb] Rails Hosting In-Reply-To: <460BE802.7020505@pwim.com> References: <43e95380703290847y7bf0d8dfmc4ae107e93c28165@mail.gmail.com> <460BE802.7020505@pwim.com> Message-ID: <771DCBDF-E3E1-4852-8BF8-A9815CF890B4@theworkinggroup.ca> I've now used railsmachine.com for one project, and really liked them, fast personal support. But they're on the higher end of VPS pricing. Slicehost is running another (smaller) project that has just gone live, and so far so good there too. I used the "deprec" gem to get up and running on Slicehost in like 15 minutes, which was pretty nice. Cameron On 29-Mar-07, at 12:23 PM, Carmelyne Thompson wrote: > Hi -- > > I'd recommend getting a slice with SliceHost. http:// > www.slicehost.com. You'd have to set up your live environment > though and the sky is your limit so you can go either way with > Apache or Nginx, Lightty or LiteSpeed or Mongrel. > > Carmelyne Thompson > http://www.carmelyne.com > http://www.devchix.com > > > Nola Stowe wrote: >> I like RailsPlayground.com ... Joe has even been nice enough on >> several occasions to help me debug my code or point me in the >> right direction. >> >> >> On 3/29/07, Troy Denkinger wrote: >> Can anyone give me a good recommendation for a hosting service >> with good Rails support? I've used Dreamhost in the past and been >> only moderately happy with them. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Troy >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list >> >> >> >> -- >> http://rubygeek.com - my blog featuring: Ruby, PHP and Perl >> http://DevChix.com - boys can't have all the fun >> _______________________________________________ >> ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org >> http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list > > _______________________________________________ > ChicagoGroup-Members-List at rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/chicagogroup-members-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Until it comes back, use http://radrails.net/ or http://radrails01.managed.contegix.com/. The good news is that RadRails isn't dead; Aptana is taking it over. --Mark Barton