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“Recently, a lot of new non-​​relational data­bases have cropped up both inside and out­side the cloud. One key mes­sage this sends is, “if you want vast, on-​​demand scal­a­bil­ity, you need a non-​​relational database”.

If that is true, then is this a sign that the once mighty rela­tional data­base finally has a chink in its armor? Is this a sign that rela­tional data­bases have had their day and will decline over time? In this post, we’ll look at the cur­rent trend of mov­ing away from rela­tional data­bases in cer­tain sit­u­a­tions and what this means for the future of the rela­tional database.”

“RMag­ick is a bind­ing from Ruby to the ImageMag­ick TM image manip­u­la­tion library.”

“Now that Ruby 1.9.1 is out, a lot of Ruby devel­op­ers are going to want to run it along­side a 1.8.x build to test their apps. Here’s how to com­pile and install Ruby 1.9.1 along­side an exist­ing Ruby instal­la­tion on Mac OS X Leop­ard with­out dis­turb­ing that instal­la­tion or any gems.”