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Reverb Dev Blog Launches 29 Mar 2013 | 10:54 pm
We just launched the Reverb Dev Blog. I’ll be blogging there about more technical topics. This blog will remain as my personal blog with broader articles and thoughts, but with less technical content....
Google Reader dies. Who will profit? 14 Mar 2013 | 08:58 pm
Google is killing off Google Reader, which acts as a warehouse of feeds for many people, feeding apps like Feedly and MobileRSS. When it goes away there will be a power void. What we need is for someo...
Lean split testing with Nginx and Mixpanel in 5 minutes 18 Oct 2012 | 10:20 pm
Lean split testing with Nginx and Mixpanel in 5 minutes Here’s a dead simple way to set up a split test without using a fancy application server or Rails application. Let’s say you’re starting out wit...
Nine months of pair programming 23 Aug 2012 | 06:17 am
I’ve paired off and on throughout my programming career, but for the last nine months, I’ve had a chance to pair nearly full time. I’m not much of a drink-the-koolaid dogmatist, so I’ll try to give my...
Stop using colon commands in vim 31 May 2012 | 12:40 am
Time for another vim geekout! :) Typing colon :commands is really slow. You have to hit shift, colon, command, plus enter to execute. You’re taking a 3 keypress overhead every time you use one. So wh...
Talk Notes: Rails Sustainable Productivity by Xavier Shay 27 Apr 2012 | 04:00 am
http://confreaks.com/videos/815-larubyconf2012-rails-sustainable-productivity Here are my notes on Xavier Shay’s awesome video on sustainable productivity in Rails. I agree wholeheartedly with all of...
5 minutes a day for exponential productivity 26 Apr 2012 | 04:45 am
As a software developer, my day is taken by two primary activities: thought work and typing. Although I am a very fast typer, they pay me the big bucks ostensibly for what is inside my head, not my fi...
How to change vim syntax colors that are annoying you 18 Apr 2012 | 04:00 am
If you look at code all day, having readable colors is going to be the biggest thing that saves your eyes. Here’s how I tweak my colors any time they bother me. To start, you’ll need this little piece...
How to win friends with Maintenance Driven Design 5 Apr 2012 | 11:35 am
When I come to a design decision in writing an application, script, or interface. I ask myself only one question: What will the next guy think? I call this Maintenance Driven Design. By designing your...
Vim – Navigating files in vertical splits 13 Mar 2012 | 04:44 am
The two most useful native vim mappings for navigation are arguably gf (go to file, use it over any reference to a file, such as a Rails partial), and Ctrl-] (go to tag, use it over any class or funct...
