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Hiring!

almost 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Well, I’ve put this off for as long as I could, but I think now is the time to make my first hire. I’m busy enough with client work and with my own...

Interested in Building a Shopify App?

almost 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
In case you haven’t seen it yet, Shopify has a brilliant developer platform that makes it easy for developers to create Shopify add-ons that can be marketed...

3 years of freelancing fun

~2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
I realized a couple of days ago that it was January of 2007 when I dove into the crazy world of freelancing full-time. It has been quite an adventure....

Facebook Rails Integration with OAuth2

almost 2 years ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
This is simply awesome.  Facebook launches a new API using OAuth2, making it much easier to integrate with Facebook from your Rails app, and Michael Bleigh...

Unwrapping UploadJuicer

over 1 year ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
It says something about the sorry state of my blogging lately that my blog is the last place I’m announcing my latest project, Juicer. :) It’s a handy...

Interesting breakage in Rails 3 RC

over 1 year ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
My latest project, UploadJuicer is running on Rails 3, and I’m loving it. Back in the Rails 3 beta 1 days, there were still a lot of rough edges, but...

Excessive Use of Redis

over 1 year ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
Yesterday I read a post over at the EngineYard blog about a use case for Redis (in the name of being a polyglot, trying new things, etc.), and I just had...

Looking for help again

over 1 year ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
The work keeps coming in, and I need another pair of hands to get it all done. So, if you’re looking to pick up some part time dev work, and you know...

Extending a Model from an Engine in your Rails App

over 1 year ago by Ben on BenCurtis.com.
While working on the Rails 3 upgrade of the SaaS Rails Kit (which is available for customers, BTW), I moved most of the guts of the Kit into a plugin (engine...

Moving on

over 2 years ago by Ben on culann.com.
This is just a pointer to the two new blogs that are replacing the old culann.com - going forward, I’ll be posting work/career stuff to benscofield...