http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/ Thoughts of a minor lunatic Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:55:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-30849 petrilli Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:30:55 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-30849 I disagree with the statement that there's not much to gain from RoR, but only in the case of greenfield application development. When integrating with complex existing systems, it may or may not bring any advantages, other than being less annoying. :) I disagree with the statement that there’s not much to gain from RoR, but only in the case of greenfield application development. When integrating with complex existing systems, it may or may not bring any advantages, other than being less annoying. :)

]]> http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-30848 pwb Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:21:45 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-30848 While I agree with Joel that it's probably best for most people to avoid Ruby/Rails at this time (Oct 2006), I don't agree with that particular reasoning. Simple fact is, RoR doesn't buy you much but definitely comes with uncertainty. While I agree with Joel that it’s probably best for most people to avoid Ruby/Rails at this time (Oct 2006), I don’t agree with that particular reasoning. Simple fact is, RoR doesn’t buy you much but definitely comes with uncertainty.

]]> http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-28509 apotheon Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:15:34 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-28509 Funny -- I thought the biggest mistake he made was spending 75% of that essay talking about how everyone needs to use enterprisey stuff like .NET and J2EE instead of agile "unproven" stuff like Rails, then proceeded to spend about 10% of the essay talking about how his own software development process is based on the use of an in-house ad-hoc previously unknown agile unproven buggy language called Wasabi. Funny—I thought the biggest mistake he made was spending 75% of that essay talking about how everyone needs to use enterprisey stuff like .NET and J2EE instead of agile “unproven” stuff like Rails, then proceeded to spend about 10% of the essay talking about how his own software development process is based on the use of an in-house ad-hoc previously unknown agile unproven buggy language called Wasabi.

]]> http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-28345 Toby Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:21:58 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-28345 Oh, well put! "Your garage band's guestbook is NOT going to have eBay's scale problem." Should be tattooed on the eyelids of aspiring web application developers. Oh, well put! “Your garage band’s guestbook is NOT going to have eBay’s scale problem.” Should be tattooed on the eyelids of aspiring web application developers.

]]> http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-26985 other opinions about the joel vs dhh debate at jonezy.org Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:34:46 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-26985 [...] Typical [...] [...] Typical [...]

]]> http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-26777 Mike-O-Matic » When Did High Tech Become High School? Mon, 04 Sep 2006 06:00:43 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-26777 [...] Joel followed up with another article, as did David, and several other bloggers joined in. [...] [...] Joel followed up with another article, as did David, and several other bloggers joined in. [...]

]]> http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/comment-page-1/#comment-26067 Andres Sat, 02 Sep 2006 16:54:32 +0000 http://blog.amber.org/2006/09/02/typical/#comment-26067 I've known many a great problem, most of which did not happen. I’ve known many a great problem, most of which did not happen.

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