Following my quest to learn Ruby, I eventually stumbled upon some Rails sites. Here’s a quick look on the top 10 that are supposed to be worth reading:
- the { buckblogs :here }: Jamis Buck’s, Capistrano’s author’s blog. Infrequently updated. Mostly Capistrano-related.
- Riding Rails: Rails’ official blog. News releases. Fairly updated praise.
- Slash7: May 23rd is the latest update.
- err.the_blog: A post or so a month. 5K readers. Interesting tips.*
- Nuby on Rails: One of my favorites. Longer posts, lower traffic.*
- RedHanded: Dead as off May 3rd.
- Hivelogic: Not dead, but certainly looks like it.
- Mephisto Blog: Dead, but doesn’t seem to admit it.
- Ruby Inside: Daily Ruby tidbits.*
- Loud Thinking: DHH’s weblog. Barely updated.
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Comments (2)
Haha, valid point!
The list definitely sucks - the question is, how to improve the algorithm (if this is possible at all, without massive human interaction) to yield a better list.
The really dead entries (e.g. RedHanded) will fall out automatically (since technorati drops links older than 120 days) and I believe alexa ranking will also decrease for these.
As for the other entries… well, that’s a good question. I have been discussing with a lot of people from the Ruby community about this, and we came up with a few good ideas (I think - let’s see once they get implemented).
It’s also a question whether the Ruby/Rails blog scene sucks so much, or it’s juts the algorithm… what do you think?
I don’t think the Ruby blogging scene sucks, not when compared to Rails blogs.
I’m only presuming here, but it seems to me that many Rails bloggers lose interest quickly; as if there’s nothing more interesting to blog about. It could be because most Rails applications are simplistic in their nature, or because they’re just database front-ends.
I would love to see a blog about advanced Rubyism, or maybe something like perlmonks.org