So remember, your application errors should be subclasses of StandardError and if you want to catch everything, just stick will plain old “rescue => ex”. Your application will behave better for it.

How I tamed our 500-line routes.rb file in the new Basecamp:

The Smallest Rails App via @prismatic

RT @lanyrdalert: Video from "Tradeoffs and Choices: Why Ruby Isn't Python" by @wycats #rupyconf

"Wat." Hilarious. https://t.co/0Tp3IwDd (via @dereian)

This article teaches you Lambda Calculus with Ruby Procs without you realising it's teaching you Lambda Calculus: