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Ruby & (Ampersand) Parameter Demystified 16 Apr 2013 | 07:28 pm
Recently I was asked a question about ‘& parameters’ when you define and/or call methods which take a block e.g.: As you pass this parameter around, sometimes the ampersand appears in front of it, bu...
Ruby – Why U No Have Nested Exceptions? 9 Apr 2013 | 06:53 pm
One of the things we almost always do these days when we write our libraries and apps, is use other libraries. Inevitably something will go wrong with those libraries and exceptions will be produced. ...
The Best Way To Pretty Print JSON On The Command-Line 3 Apr 2013 | 12:53 pm
Developers tend to work with APIs a lot and these days most of these APIs are JSON. These JSON strings aren’t exactly easy to read unless they are formatted well. There are many services online that c...
I Was Nominated To Speak At LoneStarRuby Conference 2013 1 Apr 2013 | 12:38 pm
A few days ago I woke up to see this in my Twitter stream: @indianguru Your recommendation for @skorks to speak at @lsrc is now public. Go to portal.lonestarruby.org to vote! — Lance Vaughn (@lance_...
A Closure Is Not Always A Closure In Ruby 27 Mar 2013 | 09:53 am
Often you don’t really think about what particular language features mean, until those features come and bite you. For me one such feature was Ruby’s instance_eval. We all know how instance_eval works...
What Is A Startup (Or A Startup Idea)? 23 Nov 2011 | 02:18 pm
Is a startup all about the idea? Is it a bunch of people hacking together? It is not quite a company in the traditional sense of the word (at least not yet). I like to think of a startup as a series o...
What Is A Startup (Or A Startup Idea)? 23 Nov 2011 | 09:18 am
Is a startup all about the idea? Is it a bunch of people hacking together? It is not quite a company in the traditional sense of the word (at least not yet). I like to think of a startup as a series o...
Why Developers Never Use State Machines 1 Sep 2011 | 12:38 pm
A few months ago I saw a great little blog post about state machines on the Shopify blog. The message was that state machines are great and developers should use them more – given my recent experience...
Why Developers Never Use State Machines 1 Sep 2011 | 08:38 am
A few months ago I saw a great little blog post about state machines on the Shopify blog. The message was that state machines are great and developers should use them more – given my recent experience...
When Developers Go To Great Length To Save Typing 4 Letters 24 Aug 2011 | 07:43 pm
Heroku is a great platform. Long before I joined and when I say long, I mean in startup terms (i.e. a few weeks before I joined :)) – the decision was made that CrowdHired would be hosted on Heroku. S...
