Code, projects, etc.

A lot of my stuff can be found on my github account. Some highlights and other projects follow.

Ruby gems

• geoip-c – Ruby gem for Maxmind’s GeoIP databases. This fork adds support for IPv6-Country and Region databases.

• limited_sessions – Rack 1.2+ middleware to enable server-side session expiry. Includes an optional ActiveRecord 3 extension to delete stale session records. Plays nice with Rails 3 and other Rack-compatible frameworks.

• maxmind-rb – Ruby gem for Maxmind’s minFraud database. This fork cleans up the API and fixes some bugs.

Rails plugins

• better_exception_handling – Rails 2.3 plugin that replaces ExceptionNotifier and also adds in-app error recovery. For Rails 3, look at alternatives, such as the egregious gem.

• db_log_cleaner – Rails 2.x plugin to filter noisy PostgreSQL and MySQL log messages. Mostly unneeded in Rails 3, but also see the quiet_assets gem.

• nested_discussions – Opinionated Rails 2.3 plugin to add nested discussions/comments.

• unprotect_attributes – Rails 2.x plugin to override attr_protected/attr_accessible. For Rails 3, use attr_accessible :as=>:some_scope instead. For Rails 4 (and Rails 3.2 with the strong_paramters gem), use params.require().permit().

Miscellaneous

• .midnam for Triton Extreme (download) – A Mac OS X (10.2+) midnam file (patch list) and images for Triton Extreme.

• mpd remote (download) – A PHP app to control an mpd-based jukebox from a mobile phone.

• SubEthaEdit PHP5 mode (download) – PHP5 mode file for SubEthaEdit.