Introducing Resque
The GitHub Blog Nov 03 09
Resque is our Redis-backed library for creating background jobs, placing those jobs on multiple queues, and processing them later.
Background jobs can be any Ruby class or module that responds to perform. Your existing classes can easily be converted to background jobs or you can create new classes specifically to do work. Or, you can do both.
All the details are in the README. We've used it to process over 10m jobs since our move to Rackspace and are extremely happy with it.
But why another background library?
A Brief History of Background JobsWe've used many different background job systems at GitHub. Full story...
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GitHub Rebase #39
The GitHub Blog 3 days ago
Welcome to GitHub Rebase #39! Just remember, git rot is a unique two-part liquid epoxy that saturates and restores original strength to wood by penetrating the rot.
Pro Git Bloggin'
The GitHub Blog Mar 10 10
Our very own international man of mystery Scott Chacon has been blogging some great blogs over at the Pro Git site recently:
Undoing Merges Smart HTTP Transport Rerere Your Boat (git-rerere) Git’s Little Bundle of Joy (git-bundle)All great! And if you’re looking for more serious Git knowledge, check out the book.
PhpBB on GitHub
The GitHub Blog Mar 09 10
The phpBB team recently completed a move from SVN to Git and are now hosting their repositories on GitHub!
I remember phpBB being one of my first experiences with online programming — trying to setup a forum for my now dead drumming site.
Tracking Deploys with Compare View
The GitHub Blog Mar 09 10
We log a message to Campfire anytime someone deploys code to staging or production. It looks like this:
Recently, we added the link pointing to a Compare View where you can review the commits that were shipped out along with a full diff of changes:
This makes it really easy for everyone to keep tabs on what's being
deployed and encourages on the fly code review.
GitHub Rebase #38
The GitHub Blog Mar 08 10
Welcome to Rebase 38. Suggestions for projects to cover are always welcome, check out the criteria here.
NCSA Mosaic on GitHub
The GitHub Blog Mar 08 10
This is just great: NCSA Mosaic on GitHub at http://github.com/alandipert/ncsa-mosaic.
This now joins the Quake source as one of my favorite old school projects.
GitHub Drinkup, Peninsula Edition
The GitHub Blog Mar 05 10
It’s about time – the GitHub drinkup is moving to the peninsula! One week only, don’t miss out! If you’re a peninsula dweller like me, join me at CityPub in Redwood City at 8pm next Thursday, March 11.
Introducing GitHub Compare View
The GitHub Blog Mar 01 10
Picking up where Kyle left off in his Branch List post, we're all very
excited to announce a new feature designed to ease the process of
comparing two points in a repository's history.
Branch Lists
The GitHub Blog Mar 01 10
Git's branching model is one of it's best features. Branches are cheap, fast and extremely flexible.
GitHub Rebase #37
The GitHub Blog Mar 01 10
According to git-checkout: “You can make changes and create a new commit on top of a detached HEAD”.
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