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Single sign-out using ruby-cas... Not!

over 1 year ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
We considered this... right up until the point where I read that you were advised to disable forgery-protection. It's easy enough to send a message to...

gotchas: gem cleanup

over 1 year ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Note to future self: do not type "gem cleanup"... ...now reinstalling rails v 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.8... etc ...

Launch a startup in 48 hours!

over 1 year ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
Launch 48 teams up business-gurus and techies, where the aim is to pitch, plan and launch a viable web-product in the following 48 hour period. It's 48...

Rails 3.0 is Done!

over 1 year ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
As you've probably already heard, Rails 3.0 is done, no longer just a beta, it's out there and beginning to be used. Go look at all the goodies we've got...

The culture I prefer

over 1 year ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
This article named telecommuting culture is an interesting look at how job ads can make it pretty clear about the associated company culture. It pretty...

The two faces of Optimism

over 1 year ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've often been accused of being a pessimist. I'm actually not. Far from it, I truly am an optimist. The problem seems to be that often people use the word...

Controversy: too much choice in Ruby

almost 2 years ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
A tongue-in-cheek post called "So you want to be a ruby dev" has sparked a bit of controversy in the community by pointing out the overabundance of options...

Mind your ands and ors

almost 2 years ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've posted before about the subtle (and insidious) difference between the 'and'/'or' operators and the nearly-but-not-quite-the-same '&&' and '||' operators...

Rails 3.0 is out...

almost 2 years ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
The Rails 3.0 Release Candidate has been out for a few days, and it looks like it has some great goodies in store. There's a lot to catch up on, but I suggest...

Software: no compensation necessary

almost 2 years ago by Taryn on Ruby-coloured glasses.
I've just been reading "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L Friedman. It's an interesting book with lots good to say[1] about how the world is rapidly flattening...