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Since trackbacks hasn't yet been enabled on Loud Thinking, I thought I'd do some manual recognition of the latest round of link-love for Rails, Ruby, and Basecamp.

Adrian Spinei writes in Scripting languages not just for toys:

According to David Heinemeier Hansson, the RAILS 1KLOC (!) web framework written in Ruby was used to develop Basecamp, a mildly complex project management webapp. What's fascinating is the Ruby code used to develop Basecamp is only 4KLOC (according to the RAILS document) and was developed in less than 2man*month (including 212 test cases and all the bells and gingles).

...and continues on a similar note (albeit in a tone foreign to me):

E scris in Ruby si are in spate un web framework (RAILS) de numai 1KLOC (scris in cateva zile). Basecamp a costat < 2 luni/om si are ... 4KLOC !!! cred ca au scris mai mult cod la cele 212 testcases cu care se lauda (acoperire de test aproape 100%).

Carlos E. Perez writes in Mildly Complex Webapp in 2 Man Months!?:

David Heinemeier Hansson writes that he developed the "mildly [complex] project management webapp" in 2 man months using Rails framework and Ruby. To top it off, he adds that it includes writing 212 test cases! Its quite a bold claim bordering on the incredulous, but lets take a moment to suspend belief and take a glimpse at how he may have accomplished his feat.

Jogin notes in his Contemporary Links:

David Heinemeier Hansson, of 37 Signals, introduces his/their brand new web development framework, called Rails. Rails, like all good things, is for Ruby.

Bmm's post in Japanese is one I haven't yet deciphered:

Translations in the comments are much appriciated.