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Let’s face it: as a developer, I’m lazy. I just want to write just enough code. What is more, I want to reuse it whenever possible. I want it to be abstract. If I’m asked to implement a view which needs a sortable grid, one of those whose rows you...

Don’t make me think is a great book about usability and interaction design written by Steve Krug. One of the best things about it is that Steve has used the very same principles he preaches at in his book in the design of its reading experience. The...

I’m currently in the process of upgrading an application from Rails 2 to Rails 3. Fortunately, it’s not the first time someone does so, and there’s plenty of resources throughout the web that will help you to work it out. In particular, I chose to...

Rápido, sin pensar demasiado, decime cuántos de los últimos diez proyectos de desarrollo de software que encaraste (como proveedor o como cliente) terminaron en la fecha convenida, con el 100% de los features implementados. ¿Hay alguno? Si tuviste...

Introduction Disclaimer: this section is just happy talking, if you want to get right to the beef, skip it and go right to the beef. Yesterday was a sad day for me. It wasn’t meant to be like that. I began the day with the intention of setting up...