State of Ruby VMs: Ruby Renaissance
There are 8 alternative Ruby VM's and 4 of them will hit 1.0 status in the upcoming year. A detailed look at the past year and where the community is... more »
Does Linus Torvalds Hate Freedom?
Who wins the freedom debate when it comes to tivoization, Stallman or Torvalds?
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Ozzie, Muglia and the Microsoft cloud
Porting an on-premise application to the cloud is not as easy as flipping a switch, according to Microsoft's Bob Muglia. But the company will work... more »
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Comparing Ruby Community Statistics
We're calculating community statistics is so we can discover trends across the Ruby community. For example, we can compare the ratio of lines of... more »
Mark Reinhold on Jigsaw - live notes from devoxx
Alex Miller
via groups.google.com
Notes from Mark Reinhold's presentation at devoxx
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var improves readability
Countless times I’ve heard the argument that you should use the var keyword with caution, that it decreases readability of your code, or how it can be... more »
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Take 2: Why we use SOLID in static languages and how we get the same functionality for cheap in dynamic languages
One of the things we do pretty well at Los Techies is explaining SOLID principles and why they make our code more maintainable and if you’re not... more »
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The Delegation Checklist
In their book Behind Closed Doors Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby published a handy checklist that you can use for delegation of tasks. I have taken... more »
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Programmer Tip: A 'Large' Project Means Nothing.
Sam at CodeOder.com asks a rather interesting question; asking which is much like opening a can of worms.
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Shut Up and Build Something
I want to preface this post by saying thank you for everyone that contributes to the movement of trying to get women into software. I respect each of... more »
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Google Chrome OS Source Code Available for Download
Google Much awaited Google Chrome OS Source Code is now available for Download.
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60 Breathtaking Dual and Widescreen wallpapers for your Desktop
Creative peoples always love to desktop wallpapers, they always try get inspirations from another creative stuff as they keep on desktop changing for... more »
Celebrate Geekiness: Geeks Go Nude To Support A Charity In India
What comes to your mind when you think of a geek? Specs, badly dressed, beard, messy hair…in short not so cool and attractive. But the Nude London... more »
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Complex Event Processing (CEP) - The industry that never should have happened (Part 1)
Let me explain why >CEP is the industry that never should have happened>.
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The Day the MicroISV Movement Died
I remember the day very clearly, although it was not apparent to me at the time. It was the day that the Micro-ISV movement died. Eric Sink killed it,... more »
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What? You're doing TDD!
I’ve always been distrustful by default with the “main way of thinking”. Which doesn’t mean that I systematically reject the opinion of the majority.... more »
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Microsoft makes patent claim for sparklines!!
Microsoft has filed a patent claim for sparklines in Excel.
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