I’ve been ridiculously busy lately. Way too busy. Too busy to sleep, to hit the gym, and definitely maintain yet another website. Unfortunately, IsItJRuby.com didn’t get the love it deserved so I started hunting for someone to take my place.
Alex Coles (@myabc) volunteered and is now the new maintainer. He already shared with me a couple good ideas for the site, which he’ll hopefully implement soon.
Thank you, Alex, and congrats!
Ever wondered if a certain Ruby Gem works on JRuby? Wonder no more. I just launched IsItJruby.com, a community-driven Gem compatibility website. If you’re familiar with IsItRuby19.com, you’ll notice a lot of similarities (ie: blatant rip-off). It’s simply because I forked Brightbox’s GitHub project to build isitjruby.com. Brightbox should get all the credit.
Although I didn’t change the UI (because it’s so gorgeous already!), I added the following features:
I accept patches, so fork away!
On April 6, 2009, I gave a presentation at MeshU in Toronto, Canada. I was surprised to see how much buzz it generated on Twitter and in the blogosphere. If you missed it, here’s your chance to judge by yourself…
HD Video on iTunes (missing the last 20-25 mins unfortunately):
MeshU - Part 1
MeshU - Part 2
I guess this is as close as it gets to being there in person! Looking forward to your comments!
