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Full text search in Ruby on Rails 2 - MySQL

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
My previous post compared MySQL and ferret full text search engines. For our project, the ferret was the winner. Nevertheless, I will try to show the beauty...

Rails application does not run on standard ports

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
During development of our rails application, I went through the initial try/error phase. But it seems that there is always space for new problems. I have...

Full text search in Ruby on Rails

almost 6 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
These days, each web application needs a full text search. Fortunately, there is several handy technologies one can use - native MySQL full text index,...

Linux is finally ready for desktop... really?

almost 6 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
I had a chance to work for a while with the latest Linux distributions from Novell/SuSE (SLED 10) and from Ubuntu (Dapper Drake). And frankly speaking,...

Freedom and open source is not for all

almost 6 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
I have been living under totalitarianism for 15 years. And I must say, it was a great time. It was funny and joyful, because it was my childhood. I never...

Full text search in Ruby on Rails 3 - ferret

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
There are several possibilities how to use ferret in RoR. This post will show the easy way - using the acts_as_ferret plugin. To show the syntax and code...

tamtami.com story

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
My uncle started to work as a truck driver. I must say, it is a tough job. You are driving from Barcelona to Warsaw, then to Zagreb and ... He enjoys it...

Just adding technorati profile

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
Technorati Profile...

Syntax error without obvious reason

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
I just made a bad experience with ruby I would like to share. I wanted to upgrade my SuSE Linux 9.1 to version 10. Failed... during the upgrade process...

How to show performance statistics in a chart

over 5 years ago by Roman Mackovcak on /bin/recykl.
Working on performance tests and tuning is an interesting and challenging job. One has to prepare tests, execute and also evaluate them. The preparation...