ara.t.howard (@ahoward)
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    CSS
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Top repositories

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sekrets

sekrets is a command line tool and library used to securely manage encrypted files and settings in your rails' applications and git repositories.
Ruby
268
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main

a class factory and dsl for generating command line programs real quick
Ruby
266
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open4

open child process with handles on pid, stdin, stdout, and stderr: manage child processes and their io handles easily.
Ruby
194
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map

the ruby container you've always wanted: an ordered string/symbol indifferent hash
Ruby
167
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systemu

univeral capture of stdout and stderr and handling of child process pid for windows, *nix, etc.
Ruby
126
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testy

a BDD testing framework for ruby that's mad at the world and plans to kick it's ass in 78 freakin lines of code
Ruby
98
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7

configuration

pure ruby scoped configuration files.
Ruby
80
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8

forkoff

brain-dead simple parallel processing for ruby
Ruby
73
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9

fattr

fattr.rb is a "fatter attr" for ruby and borrows heavily from the metakoans.rb ruby quiz
Ruby
73
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10

session

session offers a persistent way to drive the shell (/bin/sh) via ruby
Ruby
63
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dao

sa-weet data access object library for rails. top secret.
Ruby
61
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12

lockfile

a ruby library for creating NFS safe lockfiles
Ruby
54
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13

macaddr

cross platform mac address determination for ruby
Ruby
47
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14

middleman-gibberish

password protect middleman pages - even on s3
JavaScript
47
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15

threadify

threadify.rb makes it stupid easy to process a bunch of data using 'n' worker threads
Ruby
39
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shared

shared.rb provides a super easy way to share code between classes or modules in a simple way.
Ruby
33
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17

bj

Backgroundjob (Bj) is a brain dead simple, zero admin, background priority queue for Rails.
Ruby
31
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18

tagz

tagz.rb generates html, xml, or any sgml variant like a small ninja running across the backs of a herd of giraffes swatting of heads like a mark-up weedwacker.
Ruby
31
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19

demon

demon.rb - the ruby daemon library you've been waiting for
Ruby
29
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20

slave

easy management of child process works over pipes and drb
Ruby
27
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21

rails_build

A very small, very simple, very fast, and bullet proof static site generator built as a Rails 5 engine.
Ruby
25
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22

objectpool

a simple, robust, generic thread-safe object pool for ruby
Ruby
20
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23

rq

ruby queue is a zero-admin zero-configuration tool used to create instant unix clusters
Ruby
20
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24

raptcha

low drain bamage, storage-less, session-less, plugin-less, zero admin, single-source-file secure captcha system for ruby and/or rails.
Ruby
19
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25

arrayfields

allow keyword access to array instances.
Ruby
18
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26

tumblr

a command line utility and library for the excellent tumblr blogging platform
Ruby
18
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27

helene

helene is a plugin for writing rails applications on top of amazon's aws platform including sdb, s3, and sqs
Ruby
17
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28

rego

run arbitrary commands easily when files change
Ruby
16
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29

fbomb

fbomb is the dangerous flowdock bot
Ruby
16
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30

fucking_favicons

fucking favicons fucking suck
Ruby
15
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31

mongoid-haystack

a mongoid 3 zero-config, zero-integration, POLS pure mongo fulltext solution
Ruby
14
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32

coxswain

encapsulate pre-forking master / worker pattern for ruby
Ruby
12
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33

jquery.bires

bandwidth limited progressive image enhancement
JavaScript
12
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34

hashish

awesome data access layer for rails/ruby projects
Ruby
12
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35

rails_current

track current_STUFF mo betta
Ruby
9
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36

assassin

no zombies ever, not even on `exit!` or `kill -9`
Ruby
9
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37

default_url_options

all relative urls in rails all the time. even in mailers.
Ruby
8
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38

forkhandle

a teeny library / design pattern for managing connections in a process and thread safe fashion
Ruby
7
star
39

rememberthemilk

simple (162 loc), json only, interface to the excellent RememberTheMilk API
Ruby
7
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40

wrap

non-sucky :before and :after callbacks for any ruby class
Ruby
7
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41

conducer

a model+view component for rails that combines the conductor and presenter pattern
Ruby
7
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42

ro

ro is library for managing your site's content in git, as god intended.
Ruby
7
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43

rails_default_url_options

you really can have default_url_options everywhere. even in mailers.
Ruby
7
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44

options

options.rb handles keyword options in ruby in a simple and robust way
Ruby
6
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45

irbcp

irbcp gives access to your system's clipboard (copy and paste) from irb
Ruby
6
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46

rails_errors2html

simple and sane active_model error html rendering
Ruby
6
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47

fukung

perhaps the most important ruby code EVAAARRR! gets random images from http://fukung.net.
Ruby
6
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48

rails_nav

objectified navigation for rails
Ruby
5
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49

cssjs

a zero learning curve zero contraints dsl for writing css stylesheets in javascript
JavaScript
5
star
50

pork

pork supports parallel programming in ruby using forked actors and durable sqlite message queues
Ruby
5
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51

isolation

a small rails app to demonstrate what *you* don't understand about RDBMS transactions
Ruby
5
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52

mongoid-fts

enable mongodb's new fulltext simply and quickly on your mongoid models, including pagination.
Ruby
4
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53

lru_cache

a simple but efficient implementation of a size limited least recently used cache in ruby
Ruby
4
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54

terminator

an external timeout mechanism based on processes and signals
Ruby
4
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55

cdc

uber simple cross domain communication for javascript/iframes
JavaScript
4
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56

coerce

a ruby library full of common cast/coercion operations
Ruby
4
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57

rails_view

render views from anywhere. even without a controller context
Ruby
4
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58

rails_helper

helper = Helper.new and helper.link_to(:foo)
Ruby
4
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59

ggeocode

simple wrapper on google's new geocoding api
Ruby
4
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60

suck

gem to show issues with gem/minigem load ordering
Shell
3
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61

alpo

a library and design pattern for building sane web applications on top of the rails' stack
Ruby
3
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62

backup.rake

rails' rake task for backup up and loading data+assets as yaml+files
Ruby
3
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63

id3rename

id3rename is a program to do simple renaming of mp3 files
3
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64

nfsutils

Ruby FileUtils for NFS
3
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65

bookify

development moved to https://github.com/everlater/bookify
Ruby
3
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66

senv

the 12-factor environment tool your mother told you to use
Ruby
3
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67

codeforpeople

billions and billions of libs
3
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68

ledis

a K.I.S.S auto-rotating redis logger for ruby/rails
Ruby
3
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69

kgb

ultra lightweight javascript decision tree builder
JavaScript
3
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70

image_cache

a small utility library to facility caching image uploads between form validation failures.
2
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71

gnip-ruby

Ruby library for utilizing Gnip services.
Ruby
2
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72

linked_list

a simple linked list implementation for ruby
Ruby
2
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73

bucket

bucket is a command-line interface for amazon's s3 service
2
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74

tmpdir_block

extends ruby's built-in Dir.tmpdir to accept a block.
Ruby
2
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75

bestofyoutube

simple ruby library to grab some good video urls from http://bestofyoutube.com
Ruby
2
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76

superhash

A general mechanism for defining attribute inheritance structures among objects of any type, not just classes
Ruby
2
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77

testing.rb

adds the minimal features required in order to make test/unit not suck
Ruby
2
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78

openobject

a simple property based container that's much more capable than a blankslate but far less polluted than ruby's built-in OpenStruct
Ruby
2
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79

candy_store

hybrid session store that combines rails' built-in cookie based session store with its database backed one
Ruby
2
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80

slug

a simple slug library. unicode prepared.
Ruby
2
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81

markdown

my markdown script
Ruby
2
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82

mongoid-bolt

mongoid-bolt is a concrete lock implementation and mixin.
Ruby
2
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83

growltdf

growltdf is the greatest program evar. it let's you scrape http://cyclingnews.com for TDF updates and dump them into growl to you can keep up with the race while working.
2
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84

nmap

narray + mmap = wicked fast persistent numerical arrays for ruby
Ruby
2
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85

mob

background jobs for mongoid
Ruby
1
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foobar

1
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87

ydb

mo-betta the yaml/store.
Ruby
1
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88

hrs

tracking teh hours from the cli
Ruby
1
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89

mp3scrape

download shit-loads of mp3s from web pages
Ruby
1
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90

wapp

golden.image
Ruby
1
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91

upload_cache

a small utility library to facility caching http file uploads between form validation failures. designed for rails, but usable anywhere.
Ruby
1
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92

forkify

forkify.rb makes it easy to process a bunch of data using 'n' worker processes
Ruby
1
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93

ansible

magic unicorns for your deployz
Ruby
1
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94

campfire

a command line script for using 37signal's campfire chat room
1
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cast

a collection of casting methods for ruby
1
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fifo

a very simple javascript fifo queue / cache
JavaScript
1
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97

ey-cloud-recipes

A starter repo for custom chef recipes on EY's cloud platform
Ruby
1
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test

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one-click-hugo-cms

CSS
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attributes

the implementation of attributes.rb borrows many of the best ideas from the metakoans.rb ruby quiz (ps. fattr >= attributes)
Ruby
1
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