Recently I was working on a Rails 4 project, and much to my surprise, my favorite authorization framework is not supported! CanCan had long been my "go-to" framework for its simplicty and readability. I started searching the Internet for alternative gems, but m...

A few weeks ago I made a post about creating custom domain short URL services with bit.ly. I'm going to walk you through a simple Rails application that allows you to create a custom domain URL shortener for free!

I recently acquired leav.in because I wanted to make my own URL shortening service. After spending a few hours making a little Rails application that connected to a backend service and a nice little UI, I decided to actually google "custom domain URL shortner."...