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Ruby has a number of solutions for this - rvm (the oldest, but less popular these days), rbenv (probably the most popular), chruby/gem_home (lightweight) or asdf (my personal choic…

Alphagov was the original name of the project to see whether it was possible to do digital government differently in the UK. When it proved successful, it went on to replace many o…

That's good advice. I already made that assumption when the leak was first publicised and changed all of my important passwords the same day. I'm just trying to decide whether it's…

One of the most frustrating things about the LastPass leak is that they still haven't provided all the information needed to determine whether a customer is at risk. For example, i…

Unicorn Hunt is definitely the best place to look in the UK. Many of the other job boards are just full of agency posts.

There has been much discussion on this piece of research, and issues raised about the reporting of it. I think the response from the NHS was balanced: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/0…

Yes, I'd love to interview startup people visiting London, so just let me know when you're over. I'll also introduce you to other startup people and some great events, like Silicon…

Actually the burger in the picture is healthier than you'd think. It's very good quality beef. I have a balanced diet and exercise lots. I also subscribe to the 'fat is not the ene…

That's a good point, but in this case, I'm guessing that Tom will be more than happy with me blogging about how good his burgers are a few times a week, and introducing 500 new cus…

Actually, I think it will be healthy. I'll probably do 2-3 interviews a week, so it's not like I'll be eating burgers for every meal. Burger Bear's burgers are made with very good …

Excellent comment.

I find the best way to save time on Hacker News is to block it while I'm meant to be working: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4659976

Thanks for all your hard work guys. It's one of the few meetups I try to attend every month, and I've seen some excellent talks over the years, and met some really interesting peop…

As a response to this problem, a few London-based ruby developers set up a no-frills ruby conference called "Ruby Manor". Talks were chosen democratically from the community, and w…

Makoto also did a really good talk at the London Ruby User Group on this subject. The video of it is on the Skills Matter website: http://bit.ly/HO2zwY

Wow, such a negative comment. Some great organisations have been spun out of this, and it's predecessor, Social Innovation Camp (look up the Good Gym, Enabled by Design, My Police …

I heard great feedback from some of the people who took part in the first run of this program. It was spun out of "Social Innovation Camp", a series of hack weekends that I attende…

Nice work Jordi. Would be great to be able to filter by multiple keywords, e.g. ruby AND London.

Thanks for your comments. It was a good question at the meetup, and one we get asked regularly. We will definitely help motivate you. If you sign up, let me know your username and …

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