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Railsconf Europe Photos

over 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
James Duncan Davidson I’ve finally started uploading the scans from RailsConf Europe last week. There’s still one more roll to scan and another 9...

Today's Noun is: Reticence

over 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
What does the OED say reticence is? Reticence: Maintenance of silence; avoidance of saying too much or of speaking freely; disposition to say little...

Slide Of The Conference

over 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Britt Selvitelle of Twitter gave a cracking talk at RailsConf Europe about scaling Rails applications to Twitter scale. It was great. Full of advice that...

My head hurts

over 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
During DHH’s keynote at RailsConf Europe it was apparent that there’s a great deal to like in edge rails, so I thought I’d have a crack at getting...

Hello Berlin!

over 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Well… that was a fun flight. We’ve missed the Bratwurst on Rails event that the Berlin Ruby folks were putting on, so it’s a simple matter of getting...

Tragedy

almost 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
There’s always a moment, in a perfect tragedy, where you dare to hope that maybe the heroes are going to break the surface tension of the plot and escape...

Code is data, and it always has been

almost 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
I’m just back from the first Scotland on Rails conference, and a jolly fine conference it was too. Much kudos is due to Alan, Graeme, Abdel and Paul....

Reinventing the wheel for fun and profit

almost 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
When they tell you to stop because you’re reinventing the wheel, ignore them and carry on building a better mousetrap....

Fat is an economic issue

almost 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Terry Pratchett once observed that a character of his was anorexic because every time they looked in a mirror, they saw a fat person. By that measure, I...

Ads are gone

almost 4 years ago by Piers Cawley on Just A Summary :.
Back when I was writing the occasional “How do you find me?” article, I would get some weird ads showing up. On one occasion, I commented that the searcher...