sandofsky.com blog entries2009-10-20T07:28:42+00:00http://sandofsky.com/Benjamin Sandofskyben@sandofsky.comStaying Above the Ghetto2009-10-05T00:00:00+00:00http://sandofsky.com/staying-above-the-ghetto<p>A few years ago, there were fewer libraries and little documentation. If you marched up to your boss and argued, “Our next project should use Ruby,” he’d say, “What’s Ruby?”</p>
<p>The Ruby job market <a href='http://www.indeed.com/jobtrends?q=%22ruby+on+rails%22&l='>has exploded</a>. Consultants make a killing. There’s a wealth of <a href='http...I Will Be Presenting at Aloha on Rails2009-08-05T00:00:00+00:00http://sandofsky.com/aloha-on-rails<p>I will be presenting at the <a href='http://www.alohaonrails.com'>Aloha on Rails</a> conference in October. The title of my talk is “Staying Above the Ghetto.” The incendiary title has an equally incendiary abstract:</p>
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<p>We’ve won! We’ve got a huge ecosystem and high demand for Rails developers, and as more people adopt Rails, you’ve commoditize...The State of Testing2009-05-19T00:00:00+00:00http://sandofsky.com/the-state-of-testing<p>When I joined Yellowpages.com, I was naive. When I found bad code, I said, “you should leave things better than you found it.” One day I found a method name that wasn’t following conventions, and as pedantic as it sounds, the right thing to do was rename it. So I did. I updated all references, double checked my change, clicked through to make sure nothing broke, and finally...I'm Back2009-05-13T00:00:00+00:00http://sandofsky.com/09-i-am-back<p>I haven’t blogged in years because I knew I couldn’t do it well. In the intervening years I think I’ve found things to say.</p>