Tag Archives: vquence

Mongrel, rails and the theory of relativity

April 4, 2007 – 3:15 pm

Summary (E = mc²) When using mongrel for rails and you want to deploy an app under /other_url then use ActionController::AbstractRequest.relative_url_root = “/other_url” in config/environments/production.rb instead of ENV['RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT'] = “/other_url” Proof (From first principals) At Vquence we have a pretty standard rails setup Apache with mod_proxy pen mongrel Silvia recently wrote an application to allow [...]

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linux.conf.au brings about another change

March 26, 2007 – 8:06 am

Being Technical Guru for linux.conf.au 2007 was one of the most amazing experiences I’ve had in recent years. It was a lot of hard work but it was totally worth it. Having a room burst into applause at the penguin dinner when you say your the network guy is pretty unbelievable. I went up to [...]

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