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Cheers :) Yes, I was definitely inspired by Bloom, I used to listen to it a lot while working.

The original JS version (http://matt-diamond.com/drone.html ) has some control over the parameters, I was going for something a bit more minimal.

About the CPU usage, yes it's doing a lot of processing, or better to say, it's doing a few simple calculations very often. On my machine (Macbook Pro) it tops out at about 55%. Performance is on my todo list as it should be possible to leave it running for long periods without draining your battery. I'm sure there's plenty of room for optimisation.

meleyalon Backbone on Rails: a ruby gem based on thoughtbot's 'Backbone.js on Rails'

My main focus was to follow the thoughtbot naming conventions and keep it simple.

The specific differences are: different naming conventions, fewer generators, generates Coffee or JS.

I wrote a short comparison here: https://github.com/meleyal/backbone-on-rails/wiki/How-is-thi...