We are Principled: 9th Edition
We communicate our progress honestly and openly with our customers.
We do not conceal or embellish. —from the 8th Light Principles of...more.
Jim Suchy
Confession of a Web Developer
I have a confession to make.
For the first five years of my professional career, I was a .NET programmer. The first...more.
Obtiva Craftsman Swap Day 5
Today turned out to be little coding and quite a bit of retrospective. I was able to pair with Nate Jackson for a little...more.
Obtiva Craftsman Swap Day 4
Dave Hoover and I got back to the Mad Mimi feature implementation first thing in the morning. Dave had left a failing...more.
Obtiva Craftsman Swap Day 3
I spent my day pairing with Dave Hoover on Mad Mimi. The first thing I noticed during our pairing session is that...more.
Obtiva Craftsman Swap Day 2
Every week, Obtiva sets aside time for what they call Hackfest. Everyone is encouraged to take some time over lunch to work on some...more.
Obtiva Craftsman Swap Day 1
My initial impression of the Obtiva office is the relaxed atmosphere. It consists of a big, open work area with lots of pairing stations....more.
One Take on Configuring Rails Routes and asset_host
We recently had an interesting requirement surface. In anticipation of the release of a number of demo environments, our customer requested that system configuration...more.
How Jim got started programming
I was looking for a new major after deciding chemistry (and lab work in particular) probably wasn't for me. So I decided to try...more.
Rinda 101
When building a software system composed of multiple decoupled components, the need typically arises for interprocess coordination and communication.
As an example,...more.
Lending a Hand
At Agile 2007, we put on a workshop called RailsFest. The original intent was to provide a one day session would allow attendees...more.
Sharing a Database Among Multiple Rails Applications
A sign of the success of Ruby on Rails is the size of applications being written with it. Currently, we are working on a...more.