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  1. Liftoff 1.0

    Introducing Liftoff 1.0 for iOS projects. It is now distributed through Homebrew and has some nice new features.

    Gordon Fontenot
    March 7, 2014
    • News
    • iOS
    • Open Source
  2. Form Filling is Formulaic

    Write less form-related code in your Capybara tests with our newly open-sourced library, Formulaic.

    Caleb Hearth
    February 28, 2014
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  3. Prevent Spoofing with Paperclip

    Paperclip 4.0 and 4.1 contain security fixes to prevent spoofing. A content type or filename validation is also now required.

    Jon Yurek
    February 14, 2014
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    • Ruby
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  4. Announcing gitsh

    Announcing a new open source library, gitsh, for running Git in a dedicated shell.

    George Brocklehurst
    February 10, 2014
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  5. rcm, an rc file manager

    Announcing a new open source library, rcm, for managing dotfiles.

    Mike Burns
    February 6, 2014
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  6. Moving Open Source Project Mailing Lists to Stack Overflow

    For several years, there have been two ways of getting in touch with us for...

    Joe Ferris
    December 9, 2013
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  7. Update Your Gems: Security Vulnerability in Cocaine

    We were recently informed of a security vulnerability in cocaine, our gem for...

    Jon Yurek
    October 25, 2013
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    • Ruby
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    • Cocaine
  8. Use RSpec.vim with tmux and Dispatch

    (And Keep Your Screen Real Estate) As you may know, there are...

    Caleb Hearth
    August 12, 2013
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    • Vim
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  9. How To Write A Great README

    Leadership is often defined as having the ability to make others want to do...

    Caleb Hearth
    May 19, 2013
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  10. Faster Tests: Sign In Through The Back Door

    One way to make tests faster is to no load and submit the sign in form during...

    Dan Croak
    December 14, 2012
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