The European Ruby Revolution

I've just returned from RubyDay 2016 in Florence, where I gave a talk encouraging folks to think more about the future of Ruby in today's multi-core world.

How to Write a Port Scanner in Ruby

Writing a port scanner is a great way to learn the basics of the TCP protocol, which is the transport layer used by most internet protocols (including HTTP & SSH).

Ruby tips #2

It’s a second part of my post series about ruby tips. Today you’ll learn more about: Special values, Symbols, Arrays, Hashes and Ranges.

Writing a Rails Feature - Blow by Blow

I had an idea for a new feature in Rails that I wanted to build recently but it was such a large change that I couldn’t make myself work on it. I would start, get demoralized and quit constantly, so I decided to try something new. I took notes, yes, but I also noted all my mistakes as well.

How to create JSON responses from PostgreSQL instead of Ruby

Building  websites with static HTML and simple jquery ajax is coming to an end. In this era, Javascript frameworks rules the market. Hence, it is a good decision for the database to support JSON, as JSON is becoming the glue that connects the frontend and backend

Deciding to Build an Isomorphic Ruby App with Opal

Most of GitResolve is written in Ruby. And when I say Ruby I mean Ruby. Even the JavaScript of GitResolve is in Ruby. This is done with Opal, a Ruby to JavaScript compiler.

Why Clojure's a Great Next Language for Rubyists

If you're a Rubyist itching to learn a new language, then I want to convince you (using only a minimum of mouth frothing and chair flipping) that Clojure's a great pick for you.

Hype Driven Development

Software development teams often make decisions about software architecture or technological stack based on inaccurate opinions, social media, and in general on what is considered to be “hot”, rather than solid research and any serious consideration of expected impact on their projects. 

Hackers and Painters

I've never liked the term "computer science." The main reason I don't like it is that there's no such thing. Computer science is a grab bag of tenuously related areas thrown together by an accident of history, like Yugoslavia. At one end you have people who are really mathematicians, but call what they're doing computer science so they can get DARPA grants.

Rufus Scheduler

scheduler for Ruby (at, in, cron and every jobs)