Looking For The Spike...

ruby-prof

Profiling Ruby code.

Author: howardk Date: 10/08/2009

Rails Migrations Cheatsheet

Nice.

Author: howardk Date: 10/08/2009

Ruby on Rails Cheatsheet

Handy

Author: howardk Date: 10/08/2009

FasterBuilder

A drop-in replacement for Builder::XmlMarkup which uses libxml for speed and security.The README...

Author: howardk Date: 10/08/2009

SQL Server: Drop All Tables

Fast way to drop all tables in a database: SELECT name INTO #tables from sys.objects where type =...

Author: howardk Date: 10/05/2009

HOWTO: Make a diff/patch with TFS

Simple enough:Make a shelvesetMake a diffI have no idea how to make a diff via the GUI (or if it's...

Author: howardk Date: 09/21/2009

Determine if a point is contained in a polygon

Nice.

Author: howardk Date: 09/21/2009

Priority vs. Severity

Why FogBugz only has priority (and why that's a good thing).Joel gets it right. But no surprise, he...

Author: howardk Date: 09/21/2009

Rails Searchable API Doc

Nicely formatted API docs for Rails, available for both online use and downloadable for local...

Author: howardk Date: 09/18/2009

TFS Compare/Merge Tools

TFS for Visual Studio 2008 includes Compare and Merge tools, but I find them terribly poor compared...

Author: howardk Date: 09/18/2009

Why is rake test:all so slow?

Found test_benchmark, a true gem (pardon the pun) of a Rails plugin. Times each test case, then...

Author: howardk Date: 09/17/2009

authlogic

A new Rails plugin for authentication.We're currently using restful-authentication (with several...

Author: howardk Date: 09/13/2009

Smalltalk is Cool Again ?

An article from last year about Smalltalk (a) being ahead of its time (true), (b) a strong influence...

Author: howardk Date: 09/09/2009

Finally! A real solution to end the need for external 'URL shortener' services: I've had a beef with...

Author: howardk Date: 08/20/2009

Licensing

Always a confusing topic. GPL? Apache? What's the difference between MIT and BSD? Artistic?The KDE...

Author: howardk Date: 08/13/2009

Rails 2.3.3 is out

Here. The JSON improvements sound nice.Of course, it's Rails - what's this release break?Sigh....

Author: howardk Date: 08/05/2009

argparse = OptParse++

Looks like someone built a better mousetrap for command-line parsing in Python.Unfortunately,...

Author: howardk Date: 08/05/2009

I !(heart) Rails

Ruby on Rails does some nifty things, trying to lull you into a false sense of submission - and then...

Author: howardk Date: 07/30/2009

Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel

Wow. The code consists of four drivers that are part of a technology called Linux Device Driver for...

Author: howardk Date: 07/21/2009

HTML 5 Scraps Required Codec(s)

HTML requires the <IMG> tag; it doesn't dictate requied media types.HTML 5 defines the...

Author: howardk Date: 07/09/2009

XHTML 2 Cancelled

The charter for the XHTML2 Working Group — set to expire on December 31st, 2009 and will not be...

Author: howardk Date: 07/09/2009

HTTP Status Codes - Diagram

Now that's handy. Gorgeous diagram of expected HTTP Response codes based on HTTP Request's method...

Author: howardk Date: 06/26/2009

DeepTest

This Ruby gem lets you run tests in parallel using multiple processes. Unfortunately, it doesn't...

Author: howardk Date: 06/19/2009

URL Encoding

A handy page about URL Encoding, for those who like something more approachable than the original...

Author: howardk Date: 06/19/2009

First Post!

Microsoft makes it really easy for employees to have a blog. Case in point. I still have my personal...

Author: howardk Date: 06/19/2009

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