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Moving to svbtle 19 Dec 2012 | 12:56 pm
In case you haven't noticed already, I've started blogging on the svbtle network. You can find my new blog at: http://tonyarcieri.com/
Debunking the Node.js Gish Gallop 10 Aug 2012 | 10:32 pm
A programmer who once a Ruby on Rails enthusiast switches to Node.js and thinks it's awesome, then proceeds to write a blog post about why Node is the bee's knees and Rails is crap. Attention is drawn...
Ruby is faster than Python, PHP, and Perl 7 Jun 2012 | 12:01 am
There's a pervasive myth that Ruby is slow, and moreover, that it's the slowest language in popular use. Everyone knows Ruby is slow. Right? Who would possibly disagree that Ruby is slow? Here's an ex...
Introducing DCell: actor-based distributed objects for Ruby 18 Apr 2012 | 05:50 pm
DCell, which is short for Distributed Celluloid (and pronounced like the batteries you used to jam into boom boxes and RC cars) is an actor-based distributed object oriented programming framework for ...
Don't use bcrypt 20 Mar 2012 | 04:13 am
(Edit: Some numbers for you people who like numbers) If you're already using bcrypt, relax, you're fine, probably. However, if you're looking for a key derivation function (or in bcrypt's case, passw...
Announcing Lightrail: Lightweight Rails stack for HTML5/JS applications 9 Mar 2012 | 07:20 am
There's been a lot of debate lately surrounding Rails suitability for the server stack underlying modern HTML5/JS applications. Having used Rails for some four years for this purpose, and worked with ...
Why critics of Rails have it all wrong (and Ruby's bright multicore future) 6 Mar 2012 | 06:52 am
Edit: Contrary to what I said here, José Valim is not stepping down from Rails core, he is merely on sabbatical. My bad. Lately I've been getting the feeling the Ruby community has gotten a bit emo. ...
"Can you solve this problem for me on the whiteboard?" 1 Feb 2012 | 01:30 pm
Jim is a great chef. He's too modest to say that about himself, but he's worked either as head chef or assistant head chef at a number of restaurants. Everywhere he's worked he's been dependent and re...
Goodbye 2011! 1 Jan 2012 | 02:23 pm
I don't usually write a year-end retrospective blog post but I thought 2011 was a pretty interesting year with many noteworthy events we should all take notice of and keep in mind. The events were of ...
Node.js has jumped the shark 5 Oct 2011 | 04:03 am
I've been trying to understand this whole Node.js thing that's been going on for the past few days. It's taught me a lot about how the Node.js community tries to reason about problems, and perhaps wha...
