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Today, I was pointed to http://pow.cx by a coworker of mine.  Getting home, I remembered and thought I'd give it a try.  Pow works like a webserver for Ruby, but its both more and less in its thoughtful elegance.  Thanks to @37Signals for this awesome open-source tool.

I watched the 2 minute video on the website to instruct me on the 1 minute installation.  1 minute indeed.

From a Mac Terminal window, type "curl get.pow.cx | sh".
(type your root password) it even reminds you to check the source if you want
Change directories to .pow.  Type "cd ~/.pow".
Create a symlink. Type "ln -s ~/path/to/rails/project" wherever your project(s) may be
and, your Rails app will be available at http://project.dev, in what seems a somewhat magical fashion.  Pow uses the directory of the project and ".dev" as an extension (yay convention over configuration!).  That's it.  No more rails server -p3000, 3001, etc.

Pow.cx lowers the barrier in Ruby development even more, by fiercely removing the low-value (low-enjoyment) work in a programmer's lifecycle.

http://sandbox.dev  POW!

http://afomi.dev POW!

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