This talk is so right, but could it be so wrong at the same time? …click through to see the video… Just watch this, that’s all I have to say. Jason is so right about this topic. Here’s a few quotes to convince you. “I’m going to talk about work, and why people can’t seem... Continue reading →

How do you know that Ruby on Rails has already hit the big time? Not that it needs anymore proof that it is absolutely one of the MAJOR platforms available right now… Recruiters now regularly come to user groups & offer to “buy the beer” afterwards. The split of job searches on sites now easily... Continue reading →

The Environment Recently a conversation came up about high availability in a traditional Enterprise Environment. Let me paint the picture for this environment; “This environment has several hundred servers, and several hundred applications. These application range in simple client server applications to n-tier applications strung across multiple services and machines. Some are resilient, some are... Continue reading →

This last weekend, extending into Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday were a MASSIVE coding weekend and vacation for me. I initially left with the intent to basically just be lazy and not do anything in particular. Maybe write a little code, learn some more about Rails, RSpec, or Mongo DB. But hold, things changed! I boarded... Continue reading →