Hmmmmmm... Interesting!

• Ever try really hard to get firebug working in your capybara window so you can sleep 1,000,000 in your test and play around on the console? If so, you can now use the "capybara-firebug" gem.

• If you're trying to optimize your site for different mobile browsers, there's an emulator called "Ripple" that is magic. You can check out what it would look like on various screens, and if you happen to be using PhoneGap you can trigger events.

Ask for Help

"Has anyone used Heroku on a project with non-trivial scaling requirements?"

Yes. There have been several projects that scaled like magic by "sliding up the dynos".

Interesting Things

• Michael Grosser announced "Venderor", a utility for managing vendored files à la Bundler. github

• The SF office will be graced by the Kara's Cupcakes Truck distributing cupcakes and Blue Bottle Coffee; compliments of the building management company. Get a voucher at the front desk.