An example of the custom authentication/authorization code we use in our applications. We should really create a new Ruby Banter, or post, about this sometime. Eloy (edit) ¶

Amsterdam.rb Ruby BarCamp. Manfred and Eloy will give a talk entitled ‘Short and Sweet’. It’s like less is more, but sweeter! Thijs (edit) ¶

Authentic Boredom: Coding like it’s 1999. Funny, I’ve moved back to HTML 4.01 Strict and pixel font-sizes for the exact same reasons. The future of the web is HTML5, not XHTML, and browsers now all do page zooming instead of font resizing. Thijs (edit) ¶

Sofa: It works both ways. I really like the idea of having a designer in your startup from the very beginning. Thijs (edit) ¶

Matt Legend Gemmell: Client Requests Required reading for developers and clients. Thijs (edit) ¶

Derek Powazek: TILTHW. “In this series, I’m exploring the stories about work I find myself coming back to a lot. I call them Things I Learned the Hard Way.” Thijs (edit) ¶

Ars Technica: MobileMe not up to Apple’s standards. Never launch a big update all at once. Thijs (edit) ¶

Five Reasons to Drop NDAs. We tend to feel the same way. Manfred (edit) ¶

NYTimes: If You’re Open to Growth, You Tend to Grow. Don’t think I linked to it before, but Carol Dweck’s book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success is definitely worth a read. Thijs (edit) ¶

Theocacao: Thinking Like a Cocoa Programmer. I’d say 99% applies to web development too. Thijs (edit) ¶

Giles Bowkett: Female Programmers: Read This Book. “Sarah was nominated for the Pulitzer a couple years ago. I have a popular programming blog.” Thijs (edit) ¶

赖洪礼的 blog: The hidden corners of Passenger. “Passenger strives for a concept that we call ‘zero maintenance’.” A worthy goal. Thijs (edit) ¶

43 Folders: Whining, Blue Smoke & the Mechanics of Getting Unstuck “whining should be telling you something. [...] It means you’re unconsciously devoting cycles to something that you can’t, won’t, or shouldn’t be spending time thinking about. Otherwise, why would it be bothering you, right? You’d be either extricated or done with it.” Thijs (edit) ¶

37signals: All code will eventually go stale. “[...] beware the lure of a full Spring cleaning. You’ll get pulled in and before you know it you’ve broken half the application and won’t know how to get back out with your ego or tests intact. Add your feature, fix your bug, and leave everything you touch in better condition than you found it, but that’s it. Move on from there.” Thijs (edit) ¶

37signals: Optimize for now! Sound advice. Thijs (edit) ¶

Blue Flavor: The Immutable Laws of Web Design and Development. Nice to have all of these in one place. Thijs (edit) ¶

37signals: How do you test your software?. Great advice. Thijs (edit) ¶

How well do you know prototype, and part II. Excellent tips and tricks, a few of which were completely new to me. Norbert (edit) ¶

37signals : Four letter words. Watch out for need, must, can’t, easy, just, only, and fast. Thijs (edit) ¶

Subtraction: GTD for Ten Year Olds. Get them on the system early, I guess. Thijs (edit) ¶

37 Signals: Don’t be a hero: Giving up is good. Probably the most important lesson for young developers. Probably for experienced ones too. Thijs (edit) ¶

Soft Coding. This is actually a disguised Ruby on Rails ad. Thijs (edit) ¶

No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July. A very good example of a concept site that doesn’t suck. Manfred (edit) ¶