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Custom Textile Tags For Great Justice

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Figure 1.1 Taking some inspiration (and code) from the quirky but lovable _why’s original post on adding yer custom blocks...

Git Push: Just The Tip

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Today we delve into the world of git push, one of the most often used git tools. git push is typically used to update a remote ref and associated objects...

A Thinking Man's Sphinx

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
We’ve recently switched a number of projects to ThinkingSphinx here at Hashrocket. These projects were originally using SOLR or UltraSphinx. Today, we...

Ruby Patterns: Query Method

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
What are patterns? Patterns are learnable and reusable answers to common programming questions. They are decisions made in response to a number of different...

REST & Rails

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
I am giving a presentation on Rails, REST, and the Resource Oriented Architecture today entitled “REST & Rails: Web Services for the Rails World”. Check...

Awesome New Blog

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Rodrigo Kochenburger has (finally) started a blog. Rodrigo is an experienced Rails developer from Brazil — and a friend of mine — and I’m looking...

Git It, Got It? Good!

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Last week, I gave a presentation on the git version control system. Apparently it went pretty well. The slides are available for those who are interested...

Simple Git Continuous Integration

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Update: It looks like Chris Wanstrath (of Github fame) beat me to it. Clearly, the git is strong with this one. Preventing your developers (and yourself...

To Design A Blog (act 1)

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Your blog’s role as personal soapbox is obvious; its role in establishing identity is often overlooked. As a designer, your blog speaks volumes not only...

To Design A Blog (act 2)

~1 year ago by Rein Henrichs on ReinH - Home.
Figure 1.1 In our first installment, the typography and layout of the blog were mostly decided. With this ground work in place...