Ben Sheldon

good_job. Multithreaded, Postgres-based, Active Job backend for Ruby on Rails.

activerecord-has_some_of_many. Optimized top-N-per-group Active Record associations using lateral joins

spectator_sport. Record and replay browser sessions in a self-hosted Rails Engine.

open311status. Open311 Status monitors and aggregates the status of dozens of Open311 API endpoints, providing benchmarks and comparative insights.

objc2rubymotion. Convert Objective-C code to RubyMotion

rails_postgres_websockets_chat. Websocket Chat app using Postgres LISTEN/NOTIFY

panlexicon. The best thesaurus and wordfinder.

CartoDB-Chef-Cookbook. Ruby

motion-dryclean. Rake tasks for cleaning the RubyMotion environment

mapudp. A udp connector for maptail, a realtime map view of GeoIP data.

island94. A blog and commonplace book.

mapnik-on-heroku. Holy crap, it's Mapnik on heroku!

staplegun. Gem for posting new pins to your Pinterest boards

brompt-archive. Public archive of brompt.com

express-bbb-boilerplate. a starting place for node + backbone projects

consensus_wall. Node.js/Redis to create real-time "sticky walls"

adopt-an-institution. A Ruby on Rails application that allows citizens to "adopt" civic infrastructure, such as fire hydrants.

printandshare. Print and Share enables teachers to easily create beautiful and printable handouts to advertise their DonorsChoose projects locally with their friends and neighbors.

iodocs-vip-api. Interactive API docs for the Voter Information Project

queue-shootout. A benchmark comparing several Ruby-PostgreSQL job queues.

benchmark_render. Ruby

broadbandusa-scraper. Converts the BroadbandUSA BIP/BTOP database into a useable TSV

dotfiles. All the shell that's fit to bash

squaresville. a city simulator built in coffeescript.

nodemap. quick map tile renderer for nodejs camp

kindle_clippings. Automatically import Kindle `My Clippings.txt` and view them, using GitHub Actions and Pages

ec2-tools. Some scripts for managing ec2 instances

gitgong. Alert the room to your github commits

bookmarks. Ruby

rails_tricks. Ruby

node-canvas-heroku. Node canvas is a Cairo backed Canvas implementation for NodeJS.

drinkups. Objective-C

arca. Arca is a callback analyzer for ActiveRecord ideally suited for digging yourself out of callback hell

lintstyle. Shared lint and style rules

rails_new. Ruby

twitter.github.com. A listing of open source efforts at Twitter on GitHub

traces. Ruby

brunch-with-todd. simple social petition app

pack_and_play. Ruby

sheldoncalderon-wedding. Ben ♡ Angelina ♡ Middleman ♡ S3 ♡ Travis

html2haml. Convert HTML and HTML+Erb to Haml.

heroku-buildpack-google-chrome. Run (headless) Google Chrome on Heroku

american-commissar. a memoir by Sandor Voros / an archive project by me, his grandson

311labs. Pushing the boundaries of civic data - one service request at a time.

node-mapnik-heroku. Bindings to mapnik for node.js

intentgarden. JavaScript

nodetiles-311dailybriefing. Database backed map tile/UTFGrid renderer.

backbonetutorials. As single page apps and large scale javascript applications become more prominent on the web, useful resources for those developers who are jumping the ship are crucial.

synstats. Syntax Statistics about Github commits

textyourcity. An sms polling platform built by CfA team philly but improved by Ben

survival-news. WordPress, Git-ified. Synced via SVN every 30 minutes, including branches and tags!