# Acts\_as\_leashed, my first 'plug-in'

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-leashed-my-first-plug-in/146589>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [August 22, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-leashed-my-first-plug-in/146589 "2008-08-22T18:09:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/acts-as-leashed-my-first-plug-in/146589/1 "2008-08-22T18:09:52Z")

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Hey!

Have you ever had the feeling that that source code you have just  
deployed could be copy-pasted and reused with the help a front-end guy  
without your authorization? I do! So I wrote a (ridiculous) line of  
code that triggers an external ‘alert’ application that “calls home”  
in case of need… I put this in a tiny plug-in, what do you think?  
Probably a gem version would make sense…

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