Joined March 2012
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Call methods on object without worrying about that object may be nil
over 1 year
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Object#try is a Rails addition and not available in pure Ruby. Maybe update the tags to reflect that. If you want something similar in Ruby, there's a gem called "andand".
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Figure out who to blame with git
over 1 year
ago
If you are using Emacs, vc-mode has a nice blame interface (vc-annotate) which I can highly recommend.
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Platypus 3
Have at least three original repo where scala is the dominant language

Platypus
Have at least one original repo where scala is the dominant language

Altruist
Increase developer well-being by sharing at least 20 open source projects

Walrus
The walrus is no stranger to variety. Use at least 4 different languages throughout all your repos

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Write something great enough to have at least 100 watchers of the project

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Have a project valued enough to be forked by someone else

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Fork and commit to someone's open source project in need

Mongoose 3
Have at least three original repos where Ruby is the dominant language

Mongoose
Have at least one original repo where Ruby is the dominant language

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Have at least one original repo where Clojure is the dominant language
In case you are using Emacs, csv-mode is incredibly handy and lets you not only view CSV properly, but also sort columns etc. I know this tip is about the command line, but for us Emcas users the editor is the command line ;-)