Monthly Mentions: January 2015

Rhino Ironworks: Beautiful, industrial, retro home safes.

Mybema: A Rails-based platform for building online communities.

PleaseWait.js: A library to show your users a splash page while your application loads.

MTR: Combines the functionality of the _traceroute_ and _ping_ into a single network diagnostic tool.

Waltr: Mac app that uploads AVI, MKV & FLAC files directly to iOS device for native playback.

SuperFriendly Service Agreement: Open source service agreement by SuperFriendly.

Google Cast: Stream audio from your phone, tablet or laptop to your speakers.

Cloak: VPN services made with Apple devices in mind (iPad, iPhone, and Mac).

Moment: Telephoto and wide angle lenses for smartphones.

Sass Guidelines: An opinionated styleguide for writing maintainable and scalable Sass.

Espresso-Jobs: Emplois en marketing, communication, Web, des TI, des jeux vidéos et des VFX au Québec.

StartupBlink: An interactive map that presents information about startups, co-working, freelancers from around the world.

Ginatra: Web frontend for Git repositories. Built with Sinatra.

Rust: A modern systems programming language.

Janbr: Access hundreds of classes in Montreal's best workout studios with a universal pass.

smrtGRiPS: Connected bike grips — eyes-free navigation, haptic notifications, etc.

Databound: An API Exposing Ruby on Rails CRUD in JavaScript.

RubyBench: Long running Ruby benchmarks.

Ruby MiniTest Cheat Sheet: MiniTest cheat sheet comparing _unit_ and _spec_ syntaxes. Includes downloadable spreadsheet.

Death to the Stock Photo: Free photos delivered monthly by email.

Gibbon: Curated playlists of knowledge from the web about any subject.

Github Pulse: Menu bar app for OS X that reminds you to contribute daily on Github.

Squire: A simple HTML5 rich text editor.

ReverseMarkdown: Ruby gem to convert HTML into Markdown.

Shifts: A smartphone productivity app for shift workers.

Bootstrap Switch: Turn checkboxes and radio buttons into toggle switches.

Create a Sitemap with Rails and Ping it to Google with Rake: Useful tutorial on pinging Google with your updated sitemap.xml.

EmailPrefixer: Automatically prefix all delivered emails with the application name and Rails environment.

ShareDesk Optix: SaaS to run a coworking/shared office.

ShareDesk: Book a meeting room or shared office space.

Railsbox: Create Ruby on Rails virtual machines for development.

Formatador: STDOUT text formatting for Ruby.

strfti.me: `strftime` reference and sandbox for Ruby, PHP, and more.

BitCannon: A local torrent index archiving, browsing, and backup tool.

GitHub Cheat Sheet: A collection of Git and GitHub cool features.

Digits: Enable users to signup and login using their phone number. By Twitter.

Ruby Object Mapper: ROM is an open-source persistence and mapping toolkit for Ruby.

MailInterceptor: Ruby gem that intercepts and forwards emails in non-production environments.

Robomongo: Shell-centric cross-platform MongoDB management tool.

Launchd Tutorial: A `launchd` primer covering configuration, administration and troubleshooting.

That Clean Life: SaaS that promotes healthy eating through recipes, meal plans, automated grocery lists.

Vivaldi: A new web browser for power users from an Opera founder.

Roda: Ruby routing tree web framework.

Cuba: Ruby microframework for web development.

Navut: Neighborhood finder for Canadian cities. Montreal-based startup.

Xamarin: Create native iOS, Android, Mac and Windows apps in C#.

ActiveModel::Errors#details: Adds ActiveModel::Errors#details to return failed validator type.

Aurelia: A new JavaScript framework.

Salvattore: A jQuery Masonry alternative with CSS-driven configuration.