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Page Speed is an open-source Firefox/Firebug Add-on. Webmasters and web developers can use Page Speed to evaluate the...
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Trample is a more flexible load simulator. Instead of a static list of urls, trample's configuration language is ruby...
The reasoning goes that if we create languages that keep people out trouble by restricting what damage they can do...
Following Apple’s lead, avoiding modes has been an important design goal in all modern computer systems.
Freemium is a bad marketing plan for any premium business that hopes to be the differentiated provider.
FastImage Resize is an extremely light solution for resizing images in ruby by using libgd
Read_from_slave for Rails enables database reads from a slave database, while writes continue to go to the master
An example of the conundrum of transferring print documents to the web, one that has become legendary in some circles...
hat's the dirty little secret of our industry; green screen apps are usually pretty darn fast. They aren't...
Despite the many JavaScript libraries that are available today, I cannot find one that makes it easy to add keyboard...
HotKey provides functionality similar to the accesskey attribute, but has many enhancements that allow for more granular control when creating...
For instance, the UI finds that a certain card is in the graveyard. It is essential that the UI sub...
Not all icons in the Finder are created equal. There are the normal file and folder icons. Then there are...
We had a conversation about the fact that the 'TDD is about testing vs TDD is about design" debate that...
In a nutshell, Bowline lets you build cross platform desktop applications with Ruby, HTML and JavaScript. The idea is to...
By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the...
Even if you’ve trapped, you can change your programming style and reap some of the benefits of those new...
You should endeavor to tell objects what you want them to do; do not ask them questions about their state...
The goal of modelling is to produce something substantially simpler than the world. This is achieved not through endlessly inventing...