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April 7, 2014
A short note that I've started blogging for O'Reilly media and how it came about
January 26, 2014
A look into the three main reasons you need to keep you rails app up to date, and the costs therein
December 31, 2013
A simple solution and explanation to the problem of ensuring either an association or foreign key is present.
December 21, 2013
November 21, 2013
Extend Minitest 5 by creating custom reporters
November 14, 2013
Extend Minitest 5 by modifying the output behavior of the Progress Reporter
November 6, 2013
Extend Minitest 5 by adding new assertions and expectations to make your tests better
October 28, 2013
Dealing with procrastination
October 21, 2013
Providing greater Transparency to my clients
October 10, 2013
Two unix scripts which modify the /etc/hosts to help you stop wasting time
September 19, 2013
The first post in a series which will document the successes, failures, and frustrations I experience trying to start my own business.
July 9, 2013
Freelancing's not easy and it's not for everyone. This post gives a bit of advice to those starting out, and tries to scare away those who probably shouldn't.
June 13, 2013
Lazy instantiation is a simple technique to delay and store the results of a process until it's needed
May 7, 2013
Callbacks in Rails can lead to a host of problems. This post provides some simple tips to avoid those problems.
January 13, 2013
How to determine if you're growing as a developer and what to do if you not, or even if you just need a boost.
December 24, 2012
Helping freelancers market regardless of their workload, but according to their workload.
December 16, 2012
Making an argument for sponsoring tech conferences outside of the usual branding, advertising, and sales
November 10, 2012
A step by step guide to setting up a Rails application with both minitest and Cucumber.
August 25, 2012
Networking is hard; especially for introverts. This is a guide for surviving large networking events.
August 13, 2012
My letter to the governing body of the city of Shawnee, KS, requesting information about thier plans for Google Fiber.