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Letter to My Congresspeople Regarding SOPA/PIPA

26 days ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
Dear Sen. Klobuchar, Sen. Franken, and Rep. Ellison, I am writing to express my deep concern about the pending SOPA/PIPA legislation. I...

RSpec 2 Matcher Fun

~1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
I was troubleshooting some JRuby code that transforms Java camelCase method names into Ruby snake_case form. We had a bunch of specs that did this,descr...

War on Perfect

~1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
I intended to give this brief as a lightning talk at RubyConf 2010, but unfortunately did not get a chance. Though I kept the message simple, I think...

New Orleans live music this weekend during RubyConf

~1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
My boy Erik Jacobson from way back and also of Mama Digdown’s Brass Band is a New Orleans regular and knows the local scene well. He graciously...

activerecord-jdbc-adapter 1.0.0

over 1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
Just a quick note that activerecord-jdbc-adapter has finally hit 1.0.0. Install it today: gem install activerecord-jdbc-adapter Included...

Polyglot Doesn't Fix Your Messy Architecture

over 1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
My talk last week at JavaZone is now available. (I’ve put 1280x480- and 320x240 (iPod)-sized copies of the .mp4 files on S3 as well...

JRuby at JavaZone 2010

over 1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
I’m pleased to be able to return to Oslo for JavaZone 2010. Whether you’re checking out JRuby for the first time or a veteran JRuby user...

Deploying, Monitoring and Troubleshooting Rails on JRuby

over 1 year ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
I am pleased that my Engine Yard webinar on JRuby and deployment is available for general viewing. While the JRuby deployment story is still evolving...

I was Paul Gonsalves

almost 2 years ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
I was Paul Gonsalves in the shower this morning. Most people sing in the shower, but when I get going I play air sax. For a fleeting moment I felt...

Warbler 1.0

almost 2 years ago by Nick Sieger on Nick Sieger.
It’s past due time to “carry the 1” over and roll over to a 1.0 version of Warbler. This time around, the changes in the codebase...