I’ve been developing a bunch of small Grails apps lately, and I end up deploying them to my production box fairly frequently. This is kind of annoying because the upload speed on my home internet connection is terrible - it sometimes takes 7 or 8 minutes to upload a new WAR and during that time, […]

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For some time, it has been one of my dreams to see Java-based web applications be more viable for small websites. This means two things: rapid development capabilities (like Ruby on Rails), and inexpensive, reliable, and economical hosting options.
For goal #1, Grails is clearly fitting the bill. I spent the last year or so developing […]

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I think I’ve gotten the art of deploying a rails app on a DreamHost down, and a few friends have asked for a quick tutorial, so here it is. Once you learn how to do it, you can get a new app up and running in 5 minutes or less.
This assumes you know how to […]

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I do JEE development for my day job, but lately have been doing a lot of Ruby on Rails development on the side for some financial websites I’ve been building. I’ve used PHP in the past for these, and see Rails as a better alternative.
One minor issue with Ruby on Rails is that it still […]

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One of my long-term goals is to make enough money off the internet to enable to me to quit my job while still enjoying the same level of income. Many people have similar goals, I think. It isn’t so much that we hate out jobs (I personally love mine), but rather that we’d like the […]

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