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Speaking at Rails Underground 2009

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
It’s time to find my passport again… I’ve been invited to speak at Rails Underground, which is being held in London, UK from July 24-25th...

Remember to Flush Your Toilet

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Saw this tweet the other day… Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch! So, I have to ask. How many toilets (buckets) do you maintain? How many of them still...

Aliasing resources in Ruby on Rails

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Earlier today, a friend working on a project asked me how we approached routes on our website. If you take a quick peak at our website, you’ll see that...

Using model constants for project sanity

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
On one of our larger client projects (approx. 160 models and growing…) we have a specific model that we refer to quite a bit throughout our code. This...

Launching Rails projects, an open call for lessons learned

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
I’m working on my presentation for Rails Underground and was hoping to solicit a few tips from other people in the industry. Have you launched a Ruby...

Slides from my Rails Underground 2009 talk

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Hello from London! Am currently enjoying the talks at Rails Underground 2009 in London and had the pleasure to be one of the first speakers at the conference...

Ch-ch-ch-changes at Planet Argon

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can share some recent news with you. Earlier today, we announced that Blue Box Group had acquired Rails Boxcar, our...

So long and thanks for all the hoodwinks

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
_why, If you’re out there and come across this… know that one of my fondest memories on the internet was with you. Hoodink.d was one of the greatest...

..and on the seventh day, Science created zsh

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
Inspired by some recent posts from Tom on zsh, I decided that I’d do my part to help people give it a whirl. I’ve been using zsh for a few years now...

Oh My Zsh gets theme support

over 2 years ago by Robby Russell on Robby on Rails.
I just pushed a small change to Oh My Zsh, which gives it rudimentary support for themes. What I’m hoping to do is collect prompts from tons of people...