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How to scrub production data
- try my_obfuscate
- use handcrafted update-all sql
Interesting Things
- Do not stretch monitor cables, they make the ports break
- MySql: Different os have different rules on table case sensitivity(My_Table <-> my_table), be strict or you get into trouble
- validates_acceptance_of can crash your asest:precompile on heroku (because it uses the db when loaded, but db is not yet ready), least hacky solution: validates_acceptance_of xxx unless ENV['RAILS_ASSETS_PRECOMPILE']
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Enunciate
Adam cant hear you, speak up!
Job chaining in resque
Start the next after the first finishes or create a big wrapper job that does all of them
Inherited resource
Change objects before rendering -- no good answer found
Interesting Things
- Dynamo DB from AWS is out, aparently its faster then simpledb
- SOPA protest today, if you need wiki, try to disable javascript or go to mobile
- June 6th is IPV6 day (all IPV4 gets switched off ;) )
