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Pushing the boundary of Real Time Web with Twitter and XFactor

We use WebSockets and NodeJS to monitor Twitter in real time during the XFactor final.
Makoto Inoue
December 14, 2009
- Fun
- Websockets
- New Bamboo
- Web
Open Massachusetts Transportation Data

thoughtbot is hosting the Great American Hackathon at our Boston office today...
Dan Croak
December 12, 2009
- News
Getting a Job as a Web Designer

So you’re a designer, let’s say a web designer, and you want to get a job...
Fred Yates
December 10, 2009
- Design
Ruby community survey

From the practical to the less-practical, we want to know how you’re...
Matt Jankowski
December 9, 2009
- Web
- Ruby
Real time online activity monitor example with node.js and WebSocket

Learn how to use WebSockets and NodeJS to create a simple app to stream system logs to the browser in real time.
Makoto Inoue
December 8, 2009
- JavaScript
- Node.js
- Websockets
- New Bamboo
- Web
Umbrella Today? on the iPhone

A few weeks ago the Umbrella Today? iPhone app went live on the iPhone App...
Chad Pytel
December 3, 2009
- News
- Umbrella Today
Stubbing and Setting Expectations on HTTP Requests Is Now Easy With WebMock

Use Webmock to mock HTTP requests to external services in a simple and predictable way.
Bartosz Blimke
November 24, 2009
- RSpec
- Ruby
- Testing
- New Bamboo
- Web
Factory Bot Callbacks

Factory Bot now has callbacks thanks to Nate Sutton. There are three...
Dan Croak
November 23, 2009
- News
- Web
- Ruby
- Testing
- Open Source
- Factory Girl
- Factory Bot
Giving everybody their time with the toad

With rate limiting in place, performance should stabilize for projects.
Joe Ferris
November 18, 2009
- News
- Airbrake
The Bamboo Hackday

Some of the results of our first hackathon at New Bamboo.
Damien Tanner
November 16, 2009
- Fun
- New Bamboo
- Web
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