Quick and Dirty Messaging
Posted: November 22nd, 2008 | Author: Brad | Filed under: Great Minds, Javascript, Programming, Rails | Tags: gm, Great Minds, Javascript, message queue, messaging, Programming, Rails, rails rumble, ruby, ruby on rails, rumble | 2 Comments »Our Rails Rumble 2008 entry, Great Minds (you can have a look at the latest version or the original Rumble version), required a messaging system. Such systems are easy to do wrong, and we knew we’d need something that would stay solid under unknown load during Rumble judging.
The solution was quick & dirty (as most solutions are during Rails Rumble), but the results worked, and allowed us to qualify for judging and reach a respectable 28th place finish in the “Completeness” category.
Check out the details after the fold.
