December 2010
2 posts
Easy Rails Admin Login with Google Apps and...
When you’re building a web application, there’s always the question of
how to handle the site-wide administration. You probably have a small
list of people at your company that should be able to access it. If
you’re like Intridea, you also use Google Apps to handle e-mail etc.
Using OmniAuth it is trivially
simple to set up a simple “admin login system” for your Rails...
Is Copyleft Really Right for Open Source?
There’s an issue that’s been bothering me for quite a while. There’s a problem in the software development world, a practice that breaks down the free and open exchange of information. This practice is widespread throughout the software development world and can lead to a lock-in mindset that is damaging for the advancement of the community as a whole. I’m talking, of...