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Using Rackspace CloudFiles with paperclip

by Gautam Rege, posted in Ruby on Rails

Thoughtbot (the makers of paperclip) have not yet integrated Rackspace CloudFiles into paperclip. CloufFiles is the Rackspace CDN storage (similar to S3 but with CDN support). CDN support is very critical when we are streaming large files like videos. Assumption: You know how paperclip works and have installed all paperclip pre-requisites like ImageMagick. Installation In the … Continue reading Using Rackspace CloudFiles with paperclip

using thinking sphinx search in rails app

by sandipransing, posted in Ruby on Rails

I am using acts_as_ferret and ferret server as of now with my rails application and it just works fine for me. The ONLY problem is performance as it takes a lot time to build index and to rebuild index when it gets screwed up and that's where sphinx rocks! To get started with thinking sphinx … Continue reading using thinking sphinx search in rails app