1. Keep Your Mongrels on a Leash

    A tool to help manage your Mongrel web processes for Ruby.

    Jon Yurek

  2. When to Create?

    Tips on using Rails’ find_or_create_by feature.

    Matt Jankowski

  3. bustin' out JOINs

    An intro to ActiveRecord’s join option.

    Jared Carroll

  4. What's the Deal with Rails' Polymorphic Associations?

    An intro to Rails polymorphic associations for Java developers.

    Jared Carroll

  5. SwitchTower Gotchas

    How to work around some common SwitchTower deployment problems.

    Matt Jankowski

  6. Turn Down the Wrong Work

    Saying “no” is hard in the short run but worth it in the long run.

    Matt Jankowski

  7. Have A Target

    Avoid big teams with abstract goals.

    Matt Jankowski

  8. Only Solve Hard Problems When You Have To

    Don’t make your problem harder than it has to be.

    Matt Jankowski

  9. Appear To Be Competent

    Salespeople and customer service.

    Matt Jankowski

  10. Don't Use A Paintbrush When A Crayon Will Do

    Use the right tool for the job.

    Matt Jankowski

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