We’ve been talking about deploy and releases with Elixir lately, like how to run migrations on top of a release or how to deal with environment variables. Now it’s time to discover another tool that can help us release our Elixir application. After practicing deploy and tracing through nodes with Exrm, we got more comfortable … »
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How to config environment variables with Elixir and Exrm
It’s very common (and highly recommended) that application keeps its configuration values separated from its version control. A way of doing this is by using ENV vars (environment variables). They’re being used for improvements mostly on maintainability. The 12-factor app manifesto explains it on its Configuration section: The twelve-factor app stores config in environment variables … »
Read more at the sourceRunning migration in an Exrm release
Exrm is a great tool for building releases for Elixir applications so you can deploy them on the web and even in an embedded hardware. We have been using Exrm here at Plataformatec. It is the chosen tool for deploying our projects and the contributors are doing a great job maintaining and developing new features. … »
Read more at the sourcegit push heroku master is asking for authentication
In this post I show you how to fix the authentication problem with heroku. If you want to deploy your branch to heroku using this command 1$ git push heroku master and git want an authentication like this 12Username for ‘https://git.heroku.com’: Password for ‘https://git.heroku.com’: then the repository is not pushed, because heroku will not allow […]
Read more at the sourceThe pros and cons of 4 deployment process techniques
The way of deliver your product code to your customer is commonly called “deployment”. It is an important matter because it will impact in how fast your product will respond to changes and the quality of each change. Depending on which deployment decision you take, it will impact your team and how you use your … »
Ezra Zygmuntowicz — Farewell, Friend.
Yesterday, I found out that Ezra Zygmuntowicz had passed away.
Ezra and I first met in the #Caboose family. The first time we got to spend time together, in person, was at RailsConf 2006.
(photo credit: Jarkko Laine)
A few weeks later, he emailed me to ask about getting a job here at Planet Argon. We couldn’t afford him so he continued to pursue other paths… and a month later was helping found EngineYard.
(…one of those things that I still find myself asking, “what if we could have?”)
Back when Planet Argon had a hosting department, Ezra and I collaborated on various deployment best-practice projects. He was always helping our team figure out how to make deployment easier. Some of us might remember his famous nginx configuration (the closest version I could find). He was an active contributor in the Ruby on Rails Deployment group that I started. He was always around to help the community.
Ezra always seemed to find time for the community… whether on mailing lists, at conferences, commenting on our blogs, or chatting over IRC.
When Ezra and his family moved to Portland, we made several half-assed attempts to schedule time to catch up again in person. It never happened and our interactions were limited to keeping up on Facebook
His passing is a great loss to our community.
To his friends and family, I am sorry for your loss.
To his son, (should you ever discover this), your father helped pave the way for hundreds of thousands (if not millions?) of software developers around the globe—whether they know it or not. He was constantly looking for innovative ways to solve problems. His talks at conferences were always fascinating… and the rest of us would sit back and think, “where does he come up with these ideas?!”
He was a trailblazer.
He will be missed.
Thank you for everything, Ezra.
Update: If you would like to contribute to the memorial fund for Ezra’s son, Ryland, please visit this campaign on indigogo.
Read more at the sourceSix days to complete the Rails hosting survey
Attention all Ruby on Rails Developers… you have six days to complete the 2014 Rails Hosting Survey.
All of the results will be shared with the community. Consider this your civic duty of the day. 
2014 Rails Hosting Survey is now open
Hello! It’s been two years since Planet Argon last asked the Ruby on Rails community how they were deploying and hosting their applications and we thought it was time to checkin with people.
Until April 30th, you can take the survey here.
Read more at the source2012 Rails Hosting Survey results
A few months ago we invited the Ruby on Rails community to participate in our hosting survey. We’ve since published the results and created an infographic.
To learn more, check out the Rails Hosting site.
Read more at the source2012 Rails Hosting Survey results
A few months ago we invited the Ruby on Rails community to participate in our hosting survey. We’ve since published the results and created an infographic.
To learn more, check out the Rails Hosting site.
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