A lot of Rails plugins are starting to be released as RubyGems. I’ve found using RubyGems to manage plugins has been easy and have several advantages over a standard Rails plugin: built in versioning easy installation – no more installing plugins to the wrong directory pick a specific version to use not having to add …
Now Jekyll Powered
I’ve just migrated theAdmin.org to the Jekyll engine. I was running on Mephisto but switched because Mephisto’s bugs were starting to get in the way of actual writing. All of the comments have been converted to Disqus but I still have some features to add before the migration is complete. If you notice anything wrong …
The Great Unveil
Welcome to the great unveiling of Little Stream Software’s company blog. I’ll be writing about running a one person Ruby on Rails consultancy and the mistakes I’ve made while doing it (and boy, are there a lot of mistakes). I’m going to cover common topics like customers, pricing, and contractors as well as topics specific …
MealEtte Tool Review – 2009 Rails Rumble
This past weekend I participated in the 2009 Rails Rumble where I built MealEtte (a combination of Meal and Roulette). The purpose of MealEtte is: Ever wasted more than 5 minutes figuring out what to eat for dinner tonight? MealEtte is for you. (If you haven’t wasted any time, please let me in on your …
What’s the best computer science book you’ve ever read and why?
I’m an avid reader but I haven’t gotten very deep into Computer Science yet, so I decided to ask on Twitter to find what other people have read: What’s the best computer science book you’ve ever read and why? Some responses: @objo said The Little Lisper (Called The Little Schemer now) @julienXX said Why’s (Poignant) …