Ruby on Rails on Kind of Idea

Nerd Talk: Nerd 2.0

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0000

I attended OxenteRails 2009, Rails Summit 2009, CearáOnRails 2009, and now OxenteRails 2010. It became clear that a new nerd culture is spreading faster and faster. I call this new nerd culture Nerd 2.0.

The key point is that you can no longer spend all your time in front of the computer (Nerd 1.0). Now a nerd has to be sociable and balance a love of technology with interpersonal relationships, whether with friends, at work, or elsewhere (Nerd 2.0).

How to Become a Famous Rails Developer (Translation)

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Note: Besides being inspiring, this post is very enlightening. It reminds us to put our feet back where they belong: on the ground. It also shows that we can accomplish many great things by making the right choices and doing the one beneficial, sustainable thing in the programming world: reading, writing, and sharing code. If any part of the translation could be improved, feel free to suggest a change. You can find the original text here. And now, here's the translated text:

Hi everyone, I’m Chris Wanstrath, and I’m going to teach you how to become a famous Rails developer. A Ruby rock star. A programming ninja. It’s not hard: just focus like a laser and have a little patience.

How the Ruby Language Can Help Captain Morrimento

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, everyone. I previously wrote a comparison of Ruby and Pascal, and now I have received a request to help Captain Morrimento select his recruits using software.

The problem is that Captain Morrimento had to go on leave from his battalion, but still wanted to make sure his team stayed in line and keep an eye on the recruits so they would not cause trouble later.

To make matters worse, I discovered that Captain Morrimento is very short-tempered and does not want to waste time with a complex interface. He knows how to use basic office software (just a text editor). So he wants something that comes as close as possible to copying the recruits’ records from his PC and pasting them into a field that checks and diagnoses the recruit.