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Lessons from the field on API strategy, design, governance and AI integration.
Make RESTful Authentication XHR-aware
I’ve been working on a project that uses a little XHR mixed into the app to update DIVs on a page. The problem with the RESTful Authentication plugin is that it will alway...
SOA Meetings with Greg the Architect
A new episode of Greg the Architect called “SOA this. SOA that.” reminds me why I help startups get to market and solve problems:
When Free Stops Working
Seth Godin has an interesting post today about how free stops getting attention: The interaction you seek as a marketer often disappears when something is free. The fascinating ...
Welcome SXSW Godbit Attendees
Welcome to those of you visiting my blog who were at the Godbit Dinner Monday night during SXSW! Thanks for a great evening of fun and fellowship! If you are looking for my volu...
Label References and RESTful Authentication in Rails 2
I’m working on a new project that is using the RESTful Authentication generator with Rails 2. As I started to take advantage of the label references capability in Rails 2,...
Austin-American Statesman on Rails
I hear some founders say that one technology is the same as another when launching a startup. Scott Abel, chief executive of Austin-based software company Spiceworks Inc, says d...
Reddit for Ruby Hackers
A new Reddit page dedicated to Ruby is now available: http://reddit.com/r/ruby/. You can subscribe using RSS. Just keep in mind that it is early.
Set Expectations: Charge Something
Seth Godin has a great post about the pricing model for renting digital movies: It’s important to charge something, because the act of paying fundamentally changes the dyn...
Dealing with Struggling Startups
Things not going the way you planned for your startup? I would advise you to read this great post on how a startup has struggled to gain traction, as it contains some great insi...
Poor Samba Performance Fixed
I have been having poor performance with Samba on my Gentoo-based file server for larger files (videos, 8 megapixel photos, etc). I tried everything, including performance tweak...
Web Hosting for Startups
One of the early questions any startup asks is “where should we host our new startup, and what plan should we get?” While there are a variety of answers, I want to g...
Javascript for Startups: The Basics
Javascript is a technology that, until recently, has been reserved for simple browser tricks and catching mouse or browser events. It recently has been adopted, through the use ...