The Ultimate Martyr
Jul-2023Jesus was not really a martyr. His sacrifice was small. Here is the Ultimate Martyr.
Java Teaches Bad Habits
Sep-2022Java is a popular programming language, but it teaches bad habits and bad OOP. Here are my reasons and opinions.
Keyboard Improvements
Mar-2021Typing is an important part of programming. Regular keyboards are oversized and have horrible layouts. These are my thoughts about improvements regarding keyboard layout, keybindings, timings etc.
The Argument From Fine-Tuning
Nov-2017William Lane Craig often presents the fine-tuning argument: The values of the fundamental constants are fine-tuned, because if they would differ just by a tiny fraction, life would not exist.
Problem Graphs
Dec-2016A problem graph is a directed, irreflexive graph that is used to model the relationships between problems and their solutions.
This is a relatively simple example:
What this graph models is basically that the problem...
Ruby Web Development Tips
Aug-2015A bunch of tips related to web development with ruby. Not all of them are ruby-specific though.
MiniTest vs RSpec
Mar-2015I have used both, and these are my arguments for and against each of them:
Knowledge, Theism and Atheism
Mar-2015Before i start lets establish some terms:
Our worldview consists of beliefs (“The world is round”) and judgements (“Stealing is bad”).
Our beliefs are statements about the world:
- The world is round
- Gravity exists
- I am a human being
The neutral...
I think that many of the performance benchmarks of ruby application servers (AS) give the wrong impression. I will show here why.
Here I explain how i set up monitoring for my rails application using
ActiveSupport::Notifications
and ElasticSearch.The ActiveSupport::Notifications API is very useful for monitoring your rails application. It fires events for every SQL Query as...
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