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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Ruby on Ales 2011
I very nearly didn’t go to Ruby on Ales, but I’m very glad I did. RoA 2011 was the most fun I’ve had at a traditional (non-unconference) conference since RubyFringe. The talks were well-curated; full of original content, largely free … Continue reading
Linkdump #6
agile/db_branch – GitHub I’d been looking for a way to manage databases for multiple branches of an app, and this is one of the (many) suggestions. tags: development database ruby rails git Rails plugin to play nice with git branching … Continue reading
Posted in Links
Tagged c++, c++0x, clojure, data structures, datamapper, javascript, links, memoization, parsing, rails, ruby, Ruby on Rails
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Linkdump #5
What would Feynman do? – Fabulous Adventures In Coding – Site Home – MSDN Blogs One of the most entertaining software development articles I’ve read in a long time. tags: development feynman No one I know at Microsoft asks those … Continue reading
Ruby on Ales and RailsConf
I’m happy to report that I’ve added Ruby on Ales in Bend, Oregon and RailsConf in Baltimore, MD to my speaking schedule this year. I’ll be talking about exceptions and error handling in Bend, and “Confident Code” in Baltimore. Here’s … Continue reading
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My 99Designs Experience
A lot of people asked me to report on my experience with 99Designs, so now that the contest is over I thought I’d jot down some notes. For those who don’t know, 99Designs is a “design crowdsourcing” service. You post … Continue reading
Posted in Business
Tagged 99designs, branding, crowdsourcing, design, designers, graphics, web
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Linkdump #4
ClassNamer An automatic class name generator. I named all the classes in NoneSuch using this handy tool. tags: development io_splice – zero-copy pipe I/O for Linux and Ruby Nifty technique for high-performance IO tags: development linux ruby io The splice … Continue reading
Creating a PA LLC
As someone who has recently started my own software consultancy, I hear from people who are curious about getting started in business for themselves. I thought I’d jot down my own experiences. This post is not strictly software-related, but it’s … Continue reading
