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by bjhess 16y ago
I don't think we dropped a drastic number of plugins or gems. Probably a few, but then again we added a few as well to keep old features active as we transition out some deprecated Rails patterns.
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by bjhess 16y ago
Unlike Shopify, we did not start during the beta days. Certainly we were aware of what was going on and experimented, but our Rails3 branch didn't exist since the spring or anything. Looking through our git logs, I believe early September i
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by bjhess 16y ago
We use Sass, but not Haml. We have been on Sass for a couple years, so it wasn't much of an impact to the upgrade in that regard.
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by bjhess 16y ago
+1 for MinneBar (one of the largest BarCamps in the world) and RUM. These events helped change my career.
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by bjhess 16y ago
Thanks for the book, and the discount. I've never took the time to really learn Lisp, even though I took a class on it in college. Excited to dig in to Land of Lisp!
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Shown HN: Paste Forward - code pastes for your email
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by bjhess 16y ago
FYI, I picked up the same mat as linked above at Amazon for a smaller chunk of change: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EFK9KM/ Thanks for the recommendation. I've been standing for several months and really enjoying it. Hoping this m
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Minnesota has DIY culture, but what's the next step?(tcbmag.com)
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by bjhess 16y ago
http://scrawlers.com 100-word stories and workshopping. My first Rails project from 2007. http://pasteforward.com A Sinatra project from over last weekend. Forward an email, get a reply with a private Pastie link. Working but not polish
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The difference between talkers and doers(getrichslowly.org)
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Generating large Excel files with Ruby(getharvest.com)
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Twitter streaming API testing with Mockingbird (ruby)(hayesdavis.net)
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Don't be afraid of the s-word(the99percent.com)
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ActiveSupport Considered Harmful(hayesdavis.net)
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Pair programming, the agile bet and downsides(railsrx.com)
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Roll your own computer science masters(philcrissman.com)
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by bjhess 16y ago
From the Lala email to customers: > In appreciation of your support over the last five years, you will receive a credit in the amount of your Lala web song purchases for use on Apple's iTunes Store. If you purchased and downloaded mp3 s
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by bjhess 17y ago
Each app is a separate instance. I have 5 apps there for free. The benefit of my knack for creating unsuccessful side projects. :) In any case, pricing is separate for each Ruby app you wish to run. You could run one under Blossom and the o
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by bjhess 17y ago
I don't think this post in any way relates to a one-man shop. This is all about a management decision at a small org and what he feels is right for his company. It's an interesting read to be sure, but taking it as strict advice for any oth
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Where Are All the Female Web Designers?(getharvest.com)
3 points by bjhess 17y ago|1 comments
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by bjhess 17y ago
What an easy answer - but not one I advocate. The very first thing one needs to do is _reduce_ the amount of typing you're doing. Explore code and design by handwriting before sitting at the keyboard. Squeezing out an extra hour or two of c
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Faster Sites Done Faster(madhatted.com)
1 points by bjhess 17y ago|0 comments
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Leaving the corporate nest(bjhess.com)
3 points by bjhess 17y ago|1 comments
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So you're motivated by a tech conference. Now what?(bjhess.com)
1 points by bjhess 17y ago|0 comments