Acts_as_tsearch adjustments needed for PostgreSQL 8.3rc2
01.24.08 - 02:00pm
Just a quick note: acts_as_tsearch needs some guidance to work with PostgreSQL 8.3 due to changes in tsearch2 integration.
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Leopard Upgrade Report: Mo’ Features, Mo’ Problems
12.27.07 - 02:01pm
(Apologies to The Notorious B.I.G. for the title.)
I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” recently. In short, it’s not ready for mainstream use. There are a few nice improvements, but these are balanced by numerous problems that make me wish I had waited until, say, June 2008 or so. If you haven’t upgraded and […]
Capacity vs. Scalability
11.13.07 - 06:23pm
In I still don’t get the fascination with Ruby on Rails, Andy Davidson writes:
Scaling does not mean “Allows you to throw money at the problem”, it means “Can deal with workload”. He goes on to recommend mod_perl instead of Rails.
I’m not interested whether he likes Rails or not. Lots of people hate Rails, and I […]
Evaluating Future Web Application Technologies
11.12.07 - 05:22pm
Technical Architecture is a Form of Investing. I’m reminded of this sort of thinking because of recent news from RubyConf 2007.
ActiveRecord: the Visual Basic of Object Relational Mappers
10.04.07 - 08:07pm
I’ve been working with Ruby on Rails intensively for several months, and I’ve finally found a place where Rails can’t readily be extended to do what I want. It’s ActiveRecord, which is probably the most controversial part of Rails.
I’m reminded of a James Gosling quote disparaging Microsoft tools, particularly Visual Basic: “The easy stuff is […]