20180731
OK, it's not really a lost art
I was surprised to learn that an old blog entry was
being discussed on reddit. Maybe I should update my comments a little.
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20151111
An 'in' operator for Ruby?
I have had two fairly small changes I wanted to make in Ruby. The first
was realized years ago -- hashes now preserve insertion order and iterate
in a predictable way. That's fairly minor, but it did/does have some use
cases, and it had no impact on performance.
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20151110
Ruby Day in Turin, Italy
I'm honored to be speaking on Friday at Ruby Day in Turin, Italy.
See http://rubyday.it for the schedule.
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20150825
Immutable data (ditching the wax tablet)
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Phoenix training prior to the Lone Star Ruby
Conference in Austin. I was talking with Bruce Tate, and he shared with me
some thoughts about functional programming in general.
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20150811
Announcement coming soon...
Maybe this will stir your curiosity a little. I hope it does.
I've started working on a project with someone else, and I
think it will be really worthwhile.
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20150727
Phoenix isn't Rails
I don't know Elixir very well at all. But I've started to learn Phoenix now. The
first thing to know: Phoenix is not Ruby on Rails (nor is it "Elixir on Rails").
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20150723
Ruby for Dinosaurs...
I have a good friend I've known since college. He was much older than I was (though
now somehow we are much closer together in age). He was a mentor to me with regard
to computers and other things.
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20151111
An 'in' operator for Ruby?
I have had two fairly small changes I wanted to make in Ruby. The first
was realized years ago -- hashes now preserve insertion order and iterate
in a predictable way. That's fairly minor, but it did/does have some use
cases, and it had no impact on performance.
Read more...
20150825
Immutable data (ditching the wax tablet)
A couple of weeks ago, I went to Phoenix training prior to the Lone Star Ruby
Conference in Austin. I was talking with Bruce Tate, and he shared with me
some thoughts about functional programming in general.
Read more...
20150727
Phoenix isn't Rails
I don't know Elixir very well at all. But I've started to learn Phoenix now. The
first thing to know: Phoenix is not Ruby on Rails (nor is it "Elixir on Rails").
Read more...
20150723
Ruby for Dinosaurs...
I have a good friend I've known since college. He was much older than I was (though
now somehow we are much closer together in age). He was a mentor to me with regard
to computers and other things.
Read more...
20140917
Programmers and word processing
The other day, I was thinking about the mechanics of writing. Not grammar, spelling, and punctuation,
but the actual work flow involved.
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20140729
Elixir Conf 2014
Last week in Austin, I attended the world's first Elixir conference. It was very
energizing!
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