A while back, I was asked to build some code to help keep a businesses mailing list synchronized between SalesForce.com and their campaign management tool, which I suggested should be MailChimp and not the tool they were currently using, but I digress. The project never materialized, but I figured I would build it anyway and [...]
The future is parallel. No pretending otherwise when NYTimes is writing about it. Erlang, here I come…that is, if I ever get around to finishing this. I suppose I could also just listen to Paul Graham and relax… Except in special kinds of applications, parallelism won’t pervade the programs that are written in a hundred [...]
BDD is quite fun (ok, I’m a dork). Nice presentation from the Rspec gang at the most recent Ruby conference.
Bamboo blog has some good tips on database optimization for Rails apps. Adam Keys on creating micro-apps using existing infrastructure and APIs like Foamee does with Twitter. Good presentation on application interface design.. New Rails restful help with the plugin resource_this. 40 design books from Smashing Magazine. Oracle has built a JRuby application Oracle Mix.
Great article on tools for making social networking sites more portable. Corkd’s use of microformats is also covered in greater depths in a recent microformats book
Interesting take on some issues with managing multiple social networking sites.
