billybob

Authority is my new Rails authorization plugin. Why another one? Some things that make it different: - 100% ORM neutral - No new DSL to learn; just plain Ruby methods - Authorization logic goes in authorizer classes, so…

From programmers.stackexchange.com: "Lots of people in the open source community say they strongly consider a candidate's Github profile when hiring. I'm active on Github, with a few projects of my own and some…

I've seen some discussion here about how few opportunities there are for entry-level coders. From a hiring perspective, it makes sense: how do you know if someone will do well unless they have a record of doing well?…

I keep getting spam SMS messages. This drives me nuts, because 1) I'm being charged for those and 2) the carrier doesn't provide a spam filter or let me provide my own. I'm pretty sure that those two things are related.…

"The Federal Communications Commission said Tuesday that was seeking public comment on a plan that would require wireless phone companies to notify customers when they are running up unusually high charges for data…