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Try Sinatra: http://www.sinatrarb.com

One. I used to have 5 or 6, some related to different companies, some for junk, etc., but now I find it much easier to just use a single address for everything.

He's right in that we won't remember either solely for the money the made. But Steve Jobs will be remembered along the lines of people like Thomas Edison. And he'll probably be stu…

Isn't their plan to transition to a different customer base in an effort to not be a bargain based store anymore? There are bound to be loses during the transition.

You can't, but you can show prior work. When you put something on Github it gets timestamped.

They mentioned in the blog post about the release that it would be 50% for the first 24 hours, and a free upgrade for recent purchasers.

Product menu > Build will build your app. You can tell Xcode where to put the app in the Locations preference pane, but if you want to distribute an iOS app you'll have to use the …

I've been a fan of Chocolat lately. Simple, straightforward and easy on the eyes. http://chocolatapp.com/

Is there an advantage to having it run in a browser? Desktop-style web apps always feel out of place compared to native apps. I prefer apps that fade into the background when I'm u…

Now you also have the skills to work with a sales team. Consider that a bonus to your programming skills.

Haha. That and I was watching Casino Royale at the time. Glad someone caught it though.

None of that would be particularly difficult. And nothing here is stopping that from happening, or replacing it. It's just another, fairly simple way, to organize and share code.

They're easier for non-programmers (I work with a lot of designers) to create and use. In fact, most of the plugins use gems and then add their own config and assets.

Ah, I think more explanation is in order. Aside from the plugins, the structure of Vesper is just Sinatra, Rack and Rake (/public, /views, config.ru, Gemfile, Rakefile, etc.) plus …

I don't have a complaint against Padrino. I'm not out to replace it or anything, I've just been having a good time writing apps this way. If Padrino encourages not developing plugi…

I don't think there's anything wrong with Padrino. I just wanted to use something a little more lightweight and unstructured. Without the plugins, Vesper is basically just a Sinatr…

I just wanted to use something a little more lightweight and unstructured. Without the plugins, Vesper is basically just a Sinatra app. You can organize it as MVC, or not. There's …

After building a lot of apps with Sinatra, I decided to pull out the code I always end up using (the framework) and package up the code I almost as often use (the plugins), then wr…

Take a look at Florida. They kill you with taxes when you sell your house. Still, location is the biggest factor in price.

Most of our cities (maybe all?) haven't been planned that way though. They usually start out as a small town, then they get a large influx of people and businesses who all want dif…

The cost isn't fair to the local suburb government, but that's because most of their economy runs through the city (hence the commute). Since the economy is shared, so should the c…

Absolutely agreed. Rush hour sucks. I work remotely, but I do end up working from coffee shops around town a lot. I enjoy getting out and being part of society. Best of both worlds…

I'm only not paying the cost of living if you isolate the suburbs from the city. Example: In Atlanta (my home town) there are about half a million people living in the city. Though…

One of the most important reasons I choose to live in the suburbs is because it's scaled to the automobile. Owning and driving a fun sports car is one of the great joys in life, an…