Along with the release of Speaker Deck, we released Qu, a Ruby library for queuing and processing background jobs. Why another queuing library? I briefly explain why I wrote Qu in the README, so read that first. But I wanted to give a little more of the backstory.

Use toystore and adapter-git to work with the hottest new NoSQL database.

A pattern for implementing ETags

A sneaky little Ruby snippet that makes your hash always return a hash.

Raise the roof with this awesome abuse of Ruby syntax.

The search for a proper serialization format for delayed_job led deep into the bowels of YAML.

Everyone’s favorite background queue, now with more sparkle.

Regional Ruby conference in Lansing, Michigan on Saturday, April 17.