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Using The Pragmatic Studio to Get Up to Speed with Ruby and Ruby on Rails
This is a completely unsolicited post; the good folks at The Pragmatic Studio have no idea that a random person on the Internet (me) plans to say nice things about them, but it shouldn’t come as a surprise. A long…
Posted in Biz, Techie
Code Review is an Opportunity for So Much More than Bug Fixes
A recent blog post from the folks at Code Climate (a highly recommended hosted static analysis tool for Rubyists) highlighted a study that found what the researchers deemed “The Unexpected Outcomes Of Code Review”. When I read these “unexpected” outcomes—code…
Posted in Techie
A new book (edition) just in time for the holidays
The “news” item here is that a new edition of Sams Teach Yourself HTML & CSS in 24 Hours (it may or may not end up saying HTML5 and CSS3 on the cover, but that’s what it teaches) will hit…
Posted in Projects, Techie
GitHub’s new “Choose a License” decision tool (not just for GitHub)
If I had a nickel for every “which license do I use?” question I’ve heard (or seen at Programmers SE) over the years, I’d be rich. However, I’ve never done a darn thing about it besides count the mythical nickels,…
Posted in Techie
Leveling Up (or, "I have a new job!")
NOTE! This post was true at the time I wrote it, but I resigned from this position in June 2013, so this post is outdated. Basically, the cake was a lie. It’s been a busy month around here. In the…
Posted in Misc Life, Techie
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