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emackn

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emackn··on Code review without your glasses
Similar to the Sandi Metz talk, All the Little Things, from rails conf. She talks about the "squint test" around the 5 minute mark.

http://www.confreaks.com/videos/3358-railsconf-all-the-littl...

emackn··on Ruby Hash Selector Pattern
At first glance, I was like "cool", let me check this out. Thinking about it a bit, I was wondering if this would ever pass a code review from my peers.

Probably not.

A Hash with values that are procs/lambdas? Seems like you are halfway to recognizing that you need an object.

But if you are having fun coding, that's all that matters, until you do a pull request with that in it ;)

emackn··on This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman
yeah, you should dig into that.
emackn··on This Open Source Coder Wants to be a Congressman
but WH.gov is Drupal ;)
emackn··on Can a Puppy Sell a CMS?
Of course, look how much traction Drupal has gotten from a raving water droplet .
emackn··on A simple dark theme and accompanying color scheme for Sublime Text 2
Don't forget about Nil: https://github.com/nilium/st2-nil-theme
emackn··on Side Projects: Learning experience vs. Distraction
When a company makes claim to your after hours work, Is that the line between a "corporation" and "start up"?

I saw this at a previous company (some say it's common place). They put the legal-sleaze into the stock option documents saying employees would have to seek written consent for work outside of the company. So classy!

emackn··on A game when games were new
wow! I find this so interesting. What a great opportunity to get into game programming. Now I just need some time to check this out.
emackn··on I’m done with the web
I feel that the web culture in general is exciting, and often, moving almost too quickly for it's own good. To me, the service companies contribute greatly to the distaste people have for working with the web. Most are churn and burn outfits solely focused on the bottom line, which drive developers away from the web in search of a better fit both career and life wise.