Chris Wanstrath

This week I released hub, a command line script which adds GitHub knowledge to a few git subcommands.For example, clone:$ hub clone cytzol/cope Initialized empty Git repository in /Users/chris/cope/.git/ remote:…

Yesterday YDN unveiled their new BrowserPlus developer portal and released the BrowserPlus Platform source code on GitHub: http://github.com/browserplus/platformimg http://img.skitch.com/20091209-qnrjr5e6x4e8i721fcf6ug2b1j.png http://developer.yahoo.net/blog/archives/2009/12/browserplus_source_code_available_now_on_github.htmlThey’ve also added additional repositories to the @browserplus user on GitHub.…

I’ll be in NYC this week speaking about GitHub (RSVP if you haven’t already) and hosting a GitHub Meetup.The meetup will be Thursday, December 3rd at 8:30pm at Temple Bar…

The Changelog is a new blog and podcast which keeps you up to date on open source happenings.img http://img.skitch.com/20091130-tikw7yti51ee6u2c9hsdnb1bkx.png http://thechangelog.comWhile it seems to be mostly Ruby-centric, it also dives into…

Do you want to learn about OEmbed? OAuth? Are you dying to hear more about Resque? Is comet still just a buzzword to you? Are the mysteries of BERT-RPC keeping…

In SF for RubyConf? Join us this Thursday the 19th at Zeitgeist (map) starting at 9pm!Zeitgeist has pitchers and ample outside seating, so bring a jacket. Also: cash only.img http://img.skitch.com/20091116-xmyg7bbb7a2njng71qn8r33bts.png…

Behold the power of open source! @adamcooke has reskinned Resque’s web UI.img http://img.skitch.com/20091104-8c41b9jmdtyc79jc76yap53igc.png http://img.skitch.com/20091104-jsqydh9jgg9ju4tkt66jqm2399.pngimg http://img.skitch.com/20091104-cs222tun9yna4s46ywt7jqdjqk.png http://img.skitch.com/20091104-k3iuxw8hqsce86b5pdphsctsg4.pngAlso now includes live updating:img http://img.skitch.com/20091104-1nqebsad9kuac6ixaqgykqmste.png http://img.skitch.com/20091104-88wn3wtc9jnacas3mytxxwn6c9.pngThanks Adam!

Resque is our Redis-backed library for creating background jobs, placing those jobs on multiple queues, and processing them later.Background jobs can be any Ruby class or module that responds to…

@ab5tract has a great post looking at GitHub “through the lens of the ethics of commons-based peer production.”A key quote which puts it in perspective for me is this: The…

jQuery, which we use for GitHub itself, is now hosted right here: http://github.com/jquery/jqueryimg http://img.skitch.com/20091029-dbpp26n16mqwhxgrbscsgabf89.png http://github.com/jquery/jqueryIf you’ve never contributed to the project, now’s a great time. Welcome, team!

UNICEF is using SMS to help those in need. And they’re doing it with open source.You can read all about RapidSMS, their Mobile and SMS platform, but here’s a snippet:…

The Unofficial Apple Weblog, or TUAW, is now on GitHub: http://github.com/tuawimg http://img.skitch.com/20091014-p9c85ngu2yrhsr7jnrd888ex6.png http://github.com/tuawWhile there’s nothing there yet, they only announced the account yesterday and said in the post, “This is…

Last week I offered fame and fortune to anyone who could speed up our version_sorter. It’s used to sort a repo’s tags:This morning I ran the numbers and the winner…

Some people have been asking for our Unicorn god config.Here it is:# http://unicorn.bogomips.org/SIGNALS.html rails_env = ENV[‘RAILS_ENV’] || ‘production’ rails_root = ENV[‘RAILS_ROOT’] || “/data/github/current” God.watch do |w| w.name = “unicorn” w.interval…

@rbates has a great (as always) screencast on Jeweler and Gemcutter.img http://img.skitch.com/20091012-rrf7756fn2kpqeqbx7qukg8xrn.png http://railscasts.com/episodes/183-gemcutter-jewelerCheck it out and give Gemcutter a try!(mg looks like another good tool to help you create gems,…