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Category Archives: ruby
Much Railing Lately
I’ve been at my new job only four weeks, and my first project is nearly finished. My task these past four weeks has been the re-implementation of the company’s website in Rails. I was to do this from scratch, while … Continue reading
Posted in hacks, open.source, rails, ruby, web.architecture, web.technologies
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It’s alive!
After three weeks of development from scratch and four weeks of tuning and debugging, the team of Rubyists I have been working with for the last two months finally launched our last project. At 8:30 a.m. EST on Thursday, April … Continue reading
Posted in rails, ruby, software.development
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More upgrades, more spam, a visit with friends, and a new gig!
I just upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3. It was another flawless upgrade. Akismet tells me that it has blocked over 1900 comment spam since March 22, and 3,130 since I installed it. I have only had three or four false negatives. … Continue reading
Posted in life, rails, ruby, software.development, upgrades, wordpress
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Racing To The Big Apple
I’m flying to NYC this afternoon, for a lunch / interview Thursday. The company interviewing me has been in business for nearly 15 years, with Linux and BSD, Perl and Interchange as their platform (Interchange is a Perl-based e-commerce platform.) … Continue reading
Posted in life, rails, ruby, software.development
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I’m still alive here …
I survived the crazy work schedule and lack of sleep from my recent gig. I know there are still a few outstanding bugs, less than 5, but they are not critical. They are so non-critical, our employer is giving us … Continue reading
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More like rakin’ in da dough …
It’s been two and a half weeks since I started my most recent freelancing software development project. Two and a half weeks of 20 hour days and seven day work weeks. Yep, if this project were to end today, I … Continue reading
Posted in life, rails, ruby, software.development, system.architecture, web.architecture, web.services
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Bringin’ in da dough, baby!
Last Wednesday, I sent emails and résumés for various job posts, and by that afternoon, I started getting nibbles. It was weird! Whereas I barely got any attention for over a dozen job applications I sent out between September and … Continue reading
Gearing up for an exciting 2007
In the months ahead, I will be making use of this weblog to discuss software development technologies and processes I’ve learned to use in my ten-year career. I will most likely be writing about web technologies and web services, and … Continue reading
Posted in cross.platform, hacks, open.source, pjtrix.site, rails, ruby, software.development, ssh, web.architecture, weblogs
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Last blog post for 2006
Happy New Year, everybody! It’s five and a half hours to the big hour here at Chez PJ, so I am taking this time to update you all about what’s going on. Last weekend, I finally got Trac and Subversion … Continue reading
Posted in hacks, life, open.source, rails, ruby, software.development
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Progress and hair pulling
Through the magic of social networking site LinkedIn, a friend of a friend introduced me to a friend. This friend is looking for a technical writer for a website with a geek audience interested in open source, Linux, web technologies, … Continue reading
Posted in life, mac.os.x, open.source, ruby, software.development, web.architecture
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