July 2008
19 posts
The 'Anti-Java' Professor and the Jobless... →
Silverback — guerrilla usability testing →
New to Git? →
A good list of Git resources.
Ruby: Underuse of Modules →
Fellow Rubyists, you need to read this post.
The Tabbed Breadcrumb Navigation →
An interesting navigation approach for sites that have many levels in hierarchy.
RedCloth 4.0 Released: 40x Faster Textile... →
Managing Software Development: 10 Principles of... →
Ruby object allocation tracking →
This looks like a useful patch to MRI for finding memory “leaks” in Ruby.
“User interface design is not about dumbing things down for the poor stupid user....”
– These things I believe. « Not The User’s Fault (via explodingcows)
“But when I talk about code having very high quality I mean that it has few...”
– What does the word “Quality” mean?
Maybe Normalizing Isn't Normal →
“#2: Weak personnel. After motivation, either the individual capabilities of the...”
– Classic Mistakes Enumerated
5 Resources for Getting Up to Speed on Rails 2.1 →
There's more than one way to skin the revenue cat →
Phat Data →
Fact: the traditional role of the RDBMS is being challenged a lot as we struggle to deal with “megadata”. Also, a bit more CAP Theorem talk, if you’re into that sort of thing. :-)
The Software/Web Business Is Hard As It’s Ever... →
A good insight into the current explosion of “startups”. I couln’t agree more with his assessement. It is still hard to create a compelling product that satisfies a real need, but it is becoming increasingly difficult just to be noticed.
The Chord/DHash Project →
Interesting project.
The unary ampersand in Ruby →
A great explanation of how Procs and blocks in Ruby interact with their friend, &.