If you haven’t noticed, Beanstalk has been growing. With the growth we’ve also had some pains. In the last couple months our servers have been far from what we (or anyone else) would consider stable. It really has nothing to do with our excellent hosting provider Soft Layer, but it does have everything to do with server experience for a growing Rails web app. Uptime and stability are definitely the key factors when it comes to Subversion hosting, so we are taking the proper steps to make Beanstalk as reliable as possible.
Database Continuous Integration in .NET
In this post I’m going to share my experience on database continuous integration in .NET. What is continuous integration? Well, that’s something that makes your life as a developer much easier.
Beanstalk, Vitamin, Awesome
My article on Subversion for Designers was released today on Vitamin. I’ve been reading Vitamin for a long time, so I’m really excited to have an article on the site. Actually, I was so excited that I started refreshing the page waiting to see it. :) I have to admit, it was not easy to write. I’ve written plenty of articles in the past for publications like MarketingProfs and the Business Journal, but trying to simplify the process of using Subversion was not easy. I’m happy with the result, so let’s see what everyone else thinks.
ING: Nice UI Transition
I logged into my ING account and noticed a different welcome screen. They made an update to the navigation and instead of just making the change, I was notified upon login. This says a lot to me, because most companies (including us many times) make UI changes without a clear explanation on what changed. Nice [...]
Free Beanstalk Accounts!
We are running some contests on two sites, giving away multiple paid Beanstalk accounts for one year. If you like Beanstalk and want a free paid plan for a year, check out these sites.
Good luck!
How to clean .svn folders from your project
If you use Subversion to manage your projects you probably have noticed hidden .svn folders in your checked out projects. A Subversion client creates them to store any information about the project’s local state. It’s not a problem until you need to publish your project on the server or share it somewhere.
Why copy unnecessary .svn folders on the server? They can contain lots of data that you do not need and the project will be a bigger size. Of course you can use file manager and remove them all manually, but there is a better idea…
Beta Testers for Deployment Tools
We are launching a new tool for Beanstalk. It will allow you to deploy files to a staging and production server from your Subversion repositories. If you want to be part of the VERY small beta group, please email us with your account name. You must be ready to actively use the tool within the next week.
The first Beanstalk design rip-off
I noticed a couple incoming links in our account stats for a site called Pointyhack. Usually I check these out to see who reviewed Beanstalk and send out a thanks. Although, when I visited the site it might have looked like a review, but turned out to be a complete rip-off of our app. I mean complete rip-off. You can check out the site or even 
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