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The Missing Rails Key-Value Gem
Mapping out how to build a Rails Configuration gem to handle all the cases you'll ever need.
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How to Run Background Jobs on Heroku for Free
Delayed::Job and Resque are excellent ruby gems, but they require substantial funds and/or time to setup on Heroku or Slicehost. High cost/effort prevents bootstrapped startups from building apps that need background processing, like aggregators. So I've hacked together a template Sinatra app that uses GAE to give you free Cron and Task-Queue functionality on Heroku.