Category Archives: Ruby

Rails is Ghetto

Rails is Ghetto: Zed, a developer, rants on his way out of the Ruby on Rails community. If you can navigate through the vitrol, there are some great 1 liners in there about software development & consulting. Not work safe. … Continue reading

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I have a hard time writing slow ActionScript 3

I have a problem going backwards. When I learned attachMovie in Flash 5, that function was the death knell for my Director career. “Create something from nothing!?!?” :: queue Quake sound :: “GODLIKE!!! (nsfw)“. In Director, everything you wanted to … Continue reading

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Ruby Chronicles #1: Blocks and Yield

A “wtf” at lunch today while reading this book. There is a section on the 2 types of blocks in Ruby’s methods, and a description of the “yield” method. Totally jacked; it’s basically like sending an anonymous function in ActionScript … Continue reading

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Agile Web Development with Rails First Impressions

Can’t sleep (as usual) so figured I’d write up my first impressions of Ruby and Rails after reading the first 8 chapters of Agile Web Development with Rails Sunday afternoon. Let me precursor this with I’ve only read 8 chapters … Continue reading

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