My Goodbye Letter to Engine Yard
That response sounds familiar but really isn’t that comforting or realistic. You’re suggesting its rare to have instances disappear yet it happened twice in less than 6 months. You’re suggesting I...
View ArticleEarthpay – Online Payment processing startup committed to donating collected...
This site has been a long time coming. I pretty much finished the prototype about 6 months ago and the CEO is working on funding to take it to the next level. Its a great way to easily contribute to...
View ArticleRecent developments
Its been quite some time since I posted anything so I feel a necessity to publish something. I’ve started many posts since the last one but I never really liked how they turned out so I discarded them....
View ArticleUpgrading Webster’s Classroom from Rails 2.3 to Rails 3.1
I’ve recently tasked myself with performing a major upgrade for Webster’s Classroom. It includes both a complete site redesign and an upgrade to the latest version of Rails. We all know its a bit of a...
View ArticleInvesting in myself: Realizing my value as a programmer
Being a programmer, you have an invaluable skill that you need to learn to harness. Investors realize this already which is why they’ll spend stacks of cash to have you build them something that’ll...
View Article3 new I18n gems for your Rails 3 app
I’ve been busy building 3 new translation gems for a new application I’m working on. The first is i18n-country-translations. It breaks countries down into their standard country codes and adds...
View ArticleImproving your Development Process with Tests and Code Reviews
I’ve worked with a lot of different teams in the past and I’ve seen a lot of variation with how those teams approach things like tests and code reviews. With this article I hope to shed some light on...
View ArticleGeneric Email Resque Job
I was working on a project recently that uses Resque to queue jobs. One of the main things they use this for is to queue email jobs so they don’t hold up the user. The way things were initially...
View ArticleUpgrade to Rails 4 already
I’ve been developing a new application from the ground up built on Rails 4. I wanted to publicize my thoughts so far and try to encourage the weary to stay on the edge lest they face their own...
View ArticleUpdates on what I’ve been working on
Its been so long since I posted anything because I’ve been so busy. I finally carved out a few minutes to catch up with things and figured I’d share a little about what I’ve been up to. First off I’m...
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