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Distributed Version Control Systems: A Not-So-Quick Guide Through

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Architecture,
Agile
Topics
Technology,
Collaboration,
Teamwork

Since Linus Torvalds presentation at Google about git in May 2007, the adoption and interest for Distributed Version Control Systems has been constantly rising. We will introduce the concept of Distributed Version Control, see when to use it, why it can be better, and have a look at three actors in the area: git, Mercurial and Bazaar.

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Github Gist: Versioning For Pasted Code

Community
Ruby
Topics
Collaboration

Demoed at RubyFringe, Github introduced a new service called Gist. While similar to popular paste services, it adds a twist: pasted snippets can be accessed like git repositories, which can be updated from the web interface.

Erlang and Ruby Roundup: Vertebra, Scaling with Fuzed, Github

Community
Architecture,
Ruby
Topics
Performance & Scalability,
Cloud Computing,
Grid Computing,
Ruby on Rails,
Messaging

Recently a few popular Ruby projects have started using Erlang. We look at how EngineYard's Vertebra, Powerset's Fuzed and recently Github make use of Erlang.