Ruby on Rails: DateTime Records with Microseconds
I'm working on a new web app for internal use at my company, from the ground up with Ruby on Rails. One thing that has emerged as a critical component; having database records timestamped with more...
View ArticleRailsConf 2011: Rails for Zombies
I'm at RailsConf 2011 this morning, listening to a bunch of guys from envy labs doing an introductory course to Ruby on Rails. I've dug in deep on Ruby on Rails for a month now, this might be a bit too...
View ArticleRailsConf 2011: Rails Best Practices
This afternoon I'm at RailsConf 2011 listening to a bunch of the Envy Labs guys talk about best practices in rails. Excited for this tutorial because I've used rails long enough now that there's a...
View ArticleRailsConf 2011: Tuesday Morning Keynote
At RailsConf 2011 this morning, after conference welcome, logistics updates, and a video about donorschoose.org, the keynote speaker is David Heinemeier Hansson. After the DHH presentation. Yes, folks...
View ArticleRailsConf 2011: Fat Models Aren't Enough
Listening to Jeff Casimir from JumpstartLabs at RailsConf 2011 talking about practices in Rails, skinny controllers and fat models. Jamis Buck started the idea of fat models. Originally when rails was...
View ArticleRailsConf 2011: The Future of Stylesheets with Sass
Listening to Chris Eppstein at RailsConf 2011 this morning talk about Sass., a technology for making CSS stylesheets more robust with preprocessing. Rational, problems it solves, syntax, best...
View ArticleRailsConf 2011: Deploying with Bundler
Listening to Andre Arko at RailsConf 2011 talking about Bundler. Bundler exists to make running your app consistent, repeatable, and guaranteed. Bundler doesn't let you use a gem unless it's in the...
View ArticleRails 3 Gemfile: Installing PostgreSQL on OS X
After two months of building my Rails app working on remote servers, I'm sick of always having to SSH in and use a server-side text editor to work. Not to mention that any time I move the laptop I've...
View ArticleLivingSocial's Aaron Batalion says "Be Nervous"
Great keynote this morning at RailsConf 2011 from LivingSocial's Aaron Batalion. Favorite thought: be nervouse or your aren't trying hard enough. Aaron says the right way to go at a new idea is to make...
View ArticleLong Evening At Camden Yards
If the value of a baseball ticket is measured in hours spent in the park, I definitely got my money's worth last night. Baltimore Orioles vs New York Yankees, 15 innings, Orioles lose it in the 15th...
View ArticleSoftware Version Numbers
In the RailsConf 2011 RubyGems presentation this afternoon, Nick Quaranto spent some time talking about versioning software, showing the versioning of TeX as kind of crazy where they use PI, adding a...
View ArticleGlenn Vanderburg on Building Software
Fantastic closing keynote by Glenn Vanderburg at RailsConf 2011 about software engineering. Great ideas about software engineering and how it compares to classical engineering disciplines (civil,...
View ArticleDeveloper Happiness at Etsy
Listening to Chad Dickerson (CTO at Etsy) speaking about optimizing for developer happiness at RailsConf 2011. Etsy releases software 25 times a day with 75 engineers. They emphasize constant progress...
View ArticleRuby on Rails 3, Octopus, and Sharding with Groups
The Ruby on Rails app I'm building from the ground up needs to be able to handle *lots* of data. From the get-go I've known I'd need to put some kind of data partitioning to make this thing scale, but...
View ArticleAndriod to iPod/iPhone Dock Adapter Cable
I've gotten a Zune connected to an iPod/iPhone dock in the past, but what seems more compelling these days with the rise of Android is to make an adapter or a cable to get a micro USB device to an...
View ArticleStill Loving The Postal Service
10 years ago the band The Postal Service released their only full length album, Give Up. Back then they did a live studio recording at KCRW on their Morning Becomes Eclectic show. I had the video on my...
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