RUBY-ON-RAILS

Dec 19, 2025 • 2 min read

The Ruby Diaspora: How Rubyists Shaped Modern Programming

How Ruby's community created Node.js, Elixir, Express.js, Flask, Laravel, and other technologies that define modern development.

Jun 15, 2020 • 2 min read

Rails in Enterprise: Awesome and Awful in Equal Measure

Ruby on Rails is simultaneously perfect and terrible for enterprise applications, depending on whether you optimise for speed or predictability.

I'm Glad I Started Coding in the Mid-2000s

Jan 28, 2019 • 3 min read

A nostalgic look at web development in the mid-2000s when the web was simpler, faster, and more human. Simpler times led to better software.

Jan 15, 2015 • 2 min read

Winter Reflections: Rediscovering the Geek Within

A personal reflection on ten years of web development consulting, learning from both successes and failures, and rediscovering the joy of programming fundamentals.