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Using xmpp for mocking SMS channel in Nuntium

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...

Thesis in Computer Science

Don’t make me think... nor work more than I’m supposed to

One of our Rails applications has to consume an RSS. Nothing fancy here, we simply wanted to extract some fields from each item and store them in the PostgreSQL DB (app was hosted on heroku). Simply slicing the string seemed to work at first: summary

This week we’ve updated nuntium to version 2.8, yay! Aside from some minor bug fixes, nuntium now implements an exponential backoff strategy when a message delivery fails. Previously, it worked like this: A message failed to be delivered. If the...

Upgrading to Rails 3: @routes is nil

The last day in our old office was my Sweet Fridays turn - so I wanted the dessert to be special

Translating route names in ASP NET MVC

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...