RubLog
    simple powerful syndicationframefork for arbitrary file based content
    CVS integration
    Throw a file at it and it knows what to do (for some types)
    No web-based story editor
    built-in web server (one line Ruby server)
    simple, simple, simple
    
    weblog system for hackers
    
Get, install, setup
    http://rubyforge.org/projects/rublog
    CVS access
        anonymous@rubyforge.org::/var/cvs/rublog
        
    File you get is a script - it's its own config file
    converters: starts off knowing HTML files, plain text,  RDoc - couple other formats
    sidebars: instantiate them and there they go
        arbitrary links
        RSS feeds
        calendar view
        mini-blog

Structure
    Rublog.cgi
        RubLog
            FileEntries
                Convertors
        Sidebars
        View
            HTMLView
            RSSView

Extending RubLog
    Templates (movablestyle)
    Convertors
    Sidebars
    Views
    Execution environment
    Data source?
        Not formal interface, but you can hack it

converters
    associate class to suffix
    implement convertPlain to use search

sidebars
    extends from SideBar
    body attribute is what comes out
    or you can use a generate method (returns a string)

can instantiate a RubLog execution environment that isn't CGI
    e.g., passing notifications around

Examples
    Wiki/Weblog integrations - like 5 lines for UseModWiki integration
        can search, syndicate ...
    Shared contact lists, Shared calendars
        vCard and iCal in CVS
        RubLog points to CVS
            Add stuff to CVS, RubLog spots it and syndicates it
    Comments ...
        hacked in a link to a wiki at the end of a story
        new converter with the link stuck on the end
    RubyGems browser ...
        Solving the Ruby CPAN problem
        RubyGems
        RubLog syndicates when a new gem shows up
        Converter for .gem files
            shows gems installed locally
            RSS aggregator too
        really easy to implement - like 5 minutes

Ruby trick
    class GemConvertor < BaseConvertor handles "gem"
        defines a hash that maps the "gem" extension to the class that handles it

Weblog stuff that isn't even weblogs
    Syndicate CVS commits, bug tracking entries ...
    MP3 sharing hack
        mp3 convertor - files we'll handle
        m3u view - streaming version we'll serve
        Playlist template - index.m3u handler
        Servlet/CGI program
        Everything you need to know about extending RubLog except a sidebar

What else?
    anything that needs to be tracked, displayed, and RSSed
    a one-line blog this directory would be really neat - haven't done that yet

q: how well does it scale?
a: pretty well, even we didn't try to do that