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Identi.ca is dead to me
There was a time when I was a big fan and user of open source microbloggingsite Identi.ca. I regret to inform you that this time haspassed and I can no longer in good conscience support the platform.Identi.ca has always had issues, to be expected of an open source web property,there... read more
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I will be speaking at FOSDEM
This upcoming February I will be making the trip to the bitterly coldcobblestoned streets of Brussels, Belgium for FOSDEM2012, one of the most fantastic open sourceconferences of the entire year.I've been to FOSDEM once before, but as a timid young lad who barely spoke toanybody. I distinctly recall walking down... read more
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How Marvelous!
Every now and again I'm taken aback by technology, I become overwhelmed by myown sense of awe with things we can so often take for granted.I've written before how incredibly useful I find my tablet, a nice ASUSTransformer tablet running Android, not a terribly flashy device but still amarvel in... read more
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Why not use sandpaper?
My wife occasionally gets annoyed with my constant analysis and experimentationwith just about everything. I have this incessant need to find the try to findimprovements in everything that I do. For example, when boarding my train tohead home in the evening, I board at just the right place such that... read more
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Time is hard
One of the developers that I follow on Twitter, PabloVillalba (@micho), posted this updatetoday:"And then there's that spec which fails only at the end of the month.. cause it asks the date picker to select the date '5 days from now' :)"Which reminded me of abug thatwe caught in ourJenkins... read more
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Keeping ri useful, still
A couple months ago I posted some tips onmaking the ri a bit moreuseful.In the post I mention how installations of anything lower than Ruby 1.9.2 needspecial treatment in order to make ri usable on a day-to-day basis.For my side-projects, I've been using Ruby 1.9.2, so imagine my surprise when... read more
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X is business value
Disclaimer: I hate the term "business value", it's completely subjectiveand generic; it is one of my least favorite synergies.A few weeks ago Christian Trabold posted toTwitter saying "Speed is business value", a simple statement that is oftenforgotten by both developers and non-developers alike in the process ofbuilding and deploying software.... read more
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The only problem with cucumber
I have been exploring the wide world of Behavior DrivenDevelopment latelywith Cucumber. For the longest time I've been fascinatedwith Cucumber from a conceptual standpoint; a written-word testing framework,do go on! I'm quite pleased to finally be able to put it to good use with somerecent projects that I've been working... read more
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Inside ActiveRecord Joins, a quick note
There was once a time when I prided myself on my ignorance of SQL Joins,foolishly proclaiming "if I need to use a JOIN, I've already screwed up."I've slightly changed my opinions since then, mostly because I can no longerafford to avoid JOINs. Sometimes harsh reality is the best cure for... read more
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See you at SCALE10x
It's almost that time of year again! Almost time for Southern California LinuxExpo in Los Angeles!Last year I participated and helped man the openSUSEbooth with the great folks from the openSUSE community. This year there is adistinct possibility that I will help man aJenkins booth!If you've not been, I... read more
