Fractals and Music Visualization with FFmpeg

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FFmpeg is a powerful video compression tool that has been previously talked about on this blog here. But did you know that it is also a serious video generator in it’s own right?

Writing Awesome CLI Tools in Ruby: Part II

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This is Part II of my series on writing awesome CLI (command line interface) tools using ruby (Part I). In the first part I described how to create your project layout, add an executable binary, and get started. In this next part I will cover:

  • How to structure your code to be usable as both a tool and a library
  • Building your CLI frontend to your library.