Archive for 'Software Development'
Simple Central Git Repository
Posted on20. Sep, 2009 by Ash Christopher.
I have a new project that I am starting, and instead of using the familiar subversion for source control, I figured this was a great time to check out Git. An added bonus is we are looking at switching over to it at work – two birds.
The first thing you need to do is install [...]
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The API is the Application
Posted on20. Oct, 2008 by Ash Christopher.
“web servers can be clustered such that the architecture can be horizontally scaled with money. You can fix scaling issues by throwing hardware at it.“
The API, or Application Programming Interface, in simple terms, is a set of libraries which can be called which provide linked or shared functionality. In the past, this API was available [...]
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PostRank Python API
Posted on14. Jul, 2008 by Ash Christopher.
What is PostRank?
PostRank is a scoring system developed by AideRSS to rank any kind of online content, such as RSS feed items, blog posts, articles, or news stories. PostRank is based on social engagement, which refers to how interesting or relevant people have found an item or category to be.
Public-facing RESTful API’s are becoming more [...]
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Google Interview
Posted on18. Feb, 2008 by Ash Christopher.
First off, I’ll spare you the suspense. I did NOT get offered a job at Google… but I did have a lot of fun!
I was first contacted back in December by a Google talent recruiter. Mike had been in the middle of his Google interviews, so it was an exciting time.
Was I interested? Definitely! There [...]
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A Few Weeks With Rails
Posted on05. Nov, 2007 by Ash Christopher.
It’s been a few weeks since I started using Ruby on Rails, and so far it has been pretty good. That isn’t to say I havent run into a few hickups.
I am quite familiar with PHP, so I set out to try to do the same things in rails as I would in PHP. [...]
