If you’re developing with Rails you’ve probably encountered rake once or twice. This blog post aims to walk you through where rake came from and an introduction on how to use it effectively in your Rails apps. A Little Bit of History Rake is the project of Jim Weirich. It’s a build tool. For a [...]
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Developer Job Board
I’m pleased to announce the Genius Pool job board. This is a new job board for connecting companies to job seekers. With the connection to the 5by5 podcast network, making sure your job opportunity is in the ears of qualified applicants has never been easier. Why’s that? If you’re looking for a Ruby or Rails [...]
On Passwords
On a recent episode of The Dev Show Dan and I talked about passwords. In particular, the topic of password hashing came up. I’d like to say up front that I’m not a security guy and most definitely not a cryptographer. However, I don’t have to be because there are much smarter people who have [...]
Rails Reminder: DATE_FORMATS
A friend of mine recently asked me about adding time formats to Rails apps. It’s not completely intuitive on how to add new "default" symbols for date and time formats or to get a list of the built in ones. The API has the built-in lists of constants under DATE_FORMATS but it’s a bit difficult [...]
Stand Up While You Read This!
The New York Times has an article up on standing while you work. People who sit all day without moving around much are at higher risk for medical problems typically associated with obesity. This includes doctors who even do the same job but just walk more during the day: Just to underscore the point that [...]
Using Concentrate for the Pomodoro Technique on OS X
Concentrate is a Mac only app. It lets you do a number of things like block web sites, launch apps, play sounds, etc. Combinations of these things can be configured to go on for varying amounts of time. I use it for the Pomodoro Technique when programming. Corey Haines introduced me to Tomatoist when I [...]
8 Chrome Extensions For Web Developers (Mac too!)
I’ve been using Google Chrome as my default browser ever since 1Password came out with an extension for Chrome. The state of web browsing on the Mac still, unfortunately, leaves something to be desired. However, after using this full time for a little while I can say that I’m really liking it. As a web [...]
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