Tag Archives: Ruby

Building Ruby Gem Native Extensions on Windows

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Andrew

If you’re using Ruby on Windows, but always encountering gems that require native extensions, then the new(ish) RubyInstaller project is for you. When browsing the Ruby download page, you may have noticed the newfangled Windows installer for download. They’ve swapped … Continue reading →

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MySQL Join Performance

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Andrew

Earlier this week I was curious about the performance of JOINs in MySQL. How severe is the performance hit of joins? How much slower is a string join over an integer join? I decided to do some tests, and I’m … Continue reading →

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More on Maglev

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Andrew

After a little more searching around, I found some good pieces which bring back to reality the performance claims of Maglev and potential problems with object oriented databases. Let’s not forget that Maglev isn’t even out yet, and we have no idea … Continue reading →

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On Database Abstraction, PHP, and Ruby

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Andrew

It took me a couple days on my current PHP/MySQL project to get the DB abstraction with proper error handling, input validation, and relational support coded to the point where I’m happy with the model. This was after trying Zend_Db, … Continue reading →

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