July 2008
11 posts
The Economics of Testing Ugly Code →
A really interesting look at the value of code, and the reasons why refactoring and code beautification tend not to happen.
Gotcha: Building Merb from source
Trying to install the latest Merb from source but having a problem with rake install for merb-more?
(in /usr/local/src/merb/merb-more)
rake aborted!
no such file to load -- merb-core/tasks/merb_rake_helper
/usr/local/src/merb/merb-more/rakefile:12
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
Assuming you had no problems installing merb-core, then it’s likely that merb-core’s lib...
Pradipta's Rolodex →
Yeah, I was one of the lucky 416. Good times had by all.
Rail Spikes: Testing is overrated →
The truth is, no single technique is effective at detecting all defects. We need manual testing, peer reviews, usability testing and developer testing (and that’s just the start) if we want to produce high-quality software.
Do websites need to look exactly the same in every... →
How to Write With Style →
by Kurt Vonnegut
“If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all...”
– Oswald Chambers
Watchmiximal input/output remix (via Vimeo)