Your webhooks are half-assed without without an API for managing them

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Helpers for testing Backbone.js apps using Jasmine and Sinon.js

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Testing after_commit/after_transaction with Rspec

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The Pros and Cons of Cloud Hosting

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Identity Map for Backbone.js Models

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Sanitizing CSS in Rails

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The pros and cons of developing a complete Javascript UI

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Backbone.js Tips : Lessons from the trenches

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Converting a Javascript project to Coffeescript

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Using Jammit with Jasmine

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