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
rel=shortlink
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