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OpenSSL Security Advisory [3 Dec 2015] - Updated [4 Dec 2015]
https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20151203.txt
5 more security vulnerabilities in OpenSSL

Inside Ruby’s VM: The TMI Edition by Aaron Patterson
http://confreaks.tv/videos/rubyconf2015-inside-ruby-s-vm-the-tmi-edition

Ruby Tricks, Idiomatic Ruby, Refactorings and Best Practices
http://best-ruby.com/

Rails Command Infrastructure
https://github.com/rails/rails/pull/22457
The infrastructure needed to support the migration of rake tasks to the rails command

First Party Cookies in Rack
https://github.com/rack/rack/pull/980
Pull Request merged to Rack to add support for First Party Cookies

The Definitive Guide to Ruby Heap Dumps, Parts I and II
https://blog.codeship.com/the-definitive-guide-to-ruby-heap-dumps-part-i
https://blog.codeship.com/the-definitive-guide-to-ruby-heap-dumps-part-ii

Building Cross Model Search with Ember, Rails, and Elasticsearch
http://blog.codeship.com/cross-model-search-with-ember-rails-and-elasticsearch
Autocomplete search feature: Rails 5 (only API mode) + Elasticsearch integration (Ember integration will be on a follow up article)

Ruby Version Usage in Commercial Projects, 2015 Edition
https://semaphoreci.com/blog/2015/12/01/ruby-version-usage-in-commercial-projects-2015-edition.html
An annual report on Ruby versions used for private projects on Semaphore.

Using vim/tmux for Ruby on Rails
http://blog.salsify.com/engineering/using-vim-tmux-for-ruby-on-rails

Linux Performance Analysis in 60s (video)
http://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2015-12-03/linux-perf-60s-video.html
Look at Netflix’s Linux Performance Analysis in 60s, shows the commands used in the first 60 seconds

Flexbox Froggy
http://flexboxfroggy.com/
Learn or exercise your flexbox knowledge playing a little game.

CSS font-display property is now available in Chrome Canary!
https://plus.google.com/+IlyaGrigorik/posts/a3Yn3jB4wjA

5 Essential Ember 2.0 Concepts You Must Understand
http://emberigniter.com/5-essential-ember-2.0-concepts

Google promotes Chrome 47 to the stable channel
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com.es/2015/12/stable-channel-update.html

Microsoft Edge’s JavaScript engine to go open-source
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/12/05/open-source-chakra-core

sqlmap
http://sqlmap.org
Automatic SQL injection and database takeover tool

Should You Use Zero-Point Estimates on Your Product Backlog?
https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/should-you-use-zero-point-estimates-on-your-product-backlog
Zero-point stories are not something we recommend you use a lot of. But, used judiciously, they can still have their place on a product backlog.