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Ok, so I’m starting a new Rails application, I’ve spent some time refining my database, I’ve considered storage requirements and performance when choosing the data types for my fields and now I’m ready to create some migrations to implement my design.

And then I’m reminded that, lovely though Rails migrations are, there are two things that really bug me about them: they create signed primary keys and they don’t allow me to easily create unsigned integer columns.

It’s been discussed before, dismissed as an ‘uncommon requirement’ (probably because MySQL is, as far as I know, the only database that uses unsigned integers) and, as far as I can tell, not a lot more has happened. So, while sat out in the garden, enjoying a sunny Saturday afternoon, I grabbed edge Rails from GitHub and decided I’d see if I could do something about it (how’s that for geekyness?!)

I'll try and get all my puns out of the way up front.. In the past, we've used monit to monitor our applications and servers - while we've been aware of God for some time - then it was a case of better the devil we knew as we didn't allocate any time to converting to God.

Now, my new found religion hasn't been born of any material failings with monit, more a case of getting round to seeing what God is all about.