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Nuance9: Just In Time
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Notes from the front lines of web design & development.
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What If Hosting Was a Library?
# Was thinking, "if hosting was a library, what might it look like..."require 'ProviderX'# We'll pretend we already have an account with fictitious ProviderXhost = ProviderX.new(:user => 'foo', :password => 'secret')# Let's see what ProviderX will al...
HAProxy: Routing by domain name
Without too much effort I was able to find multiple search results that said HAProxy could direct traffic according to domain name. Unfortunately I was hard pressed to find any example configurations demonstrating that functionality. Turns out it i...
Tiny email sending service with Amazon SQS
I found the "Dynamo Paper" by Amazon to be interesting. In particular I liked the idea of small services. Nothing new, but I liked the concept and wanted to play with it. The result was the 71 line SQS Mailer, available on Github.For this experime...
Do you spend significant time "off-hours" on tech projects?
Do you spend significant time "off-hours" on tech projects?If so, are you driven by passion or fear of becoming irrelevant?Whether driven by passion or fear, does the amount of time involved negatively impact other areas of your life?Would be interes...
Abort: couldn't find mercurial libraries
I've been setting up my fresh Snow Leopard installation today.I followed the guide from Hivelogic: Compiling Mercurial on Snow Leopard. The installation completed without issue and 'which hg' showed everything was in place.However, when I tried to i...
Typing? I'm a programmer not a secretary.
This last week has seen a few posts on the necessity, or lack thereof, for good touch typing skills.We Are Typists First, Programmers Second - Jeff AtwoodIs Typing A Necessity For Programming? -Â Abhijit NadgoudaI originally was going to say somethin...

