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2026 1

  1. in which more paths are charted towards code independence

2025 1

  1. in which web pages are served but also fetched

2024 2

  1. in which things once suspended are resumed
  2. in which social media can be put in your own hands

2023 1

  1. in which an escape route is discovered

2022 3

  1. in which legibility comes at a price
  2. in which the word column has several meanings, none of them architectural
  3. in which five different paths lead to methods

2021 3

  1. in which not everything is static, but most things are
  2. in which a laptop defies the trends
  3. in which there is no such thing as a functional programming language

2020 2

  1. in which many rays are cast
  2. in which a compiler takes steps towards strapping its boots

2019 2

  1. in which we get socially rendered
  2. in which another game is jammed

2018 5

  1. in which interactive development saves the day
  2. in which a game jam is recounted further
  3. in which a game jam is recounted
  4. in which a compiler gets its wings
  5. in which the cost of structured data is reduced

2017 3

  1. in which a path is charted through the coming apocalypse
  2. in which actors simulate a protocol
  3. in which four pieces are placed in a row

2016 3

  1. in which a surprising affinity is pondered
  2. in which a spacefaring text editor holds up against an onslaught
  3. in which four cards make a gang

2015 1

  1. in which year one comes to a close

2014 5

  1. in which we take a deep breath before the upcoming plunge
  2. in which a shingle is hung out
  3. in which preconceptions are unavoidable
  4. in which cards are stacked
  5. in which keyboard science goes further

2013 8

  1. in which a collection of keys are gathered and put to good use
  2. in which hardware heats things up
  3. in which we return to the realm of the bactrian
  4. in which the reader is invited to engage in comparative lispology
  5. in which metaprogramming crosses several runtime boundaries
  6. in which a turtle moves things forward
  7. in which everything is ephemeral
  8. in which we cater to those with an allergic reaction to parentheses

2012 8

  1. in which laziness mostly predominates
  2. in which we retire a workhorse
  3. in which the facts are laid out concerning swarm coding
  4. in which three programming methods are compared
  5. in which korean hardware pleases
  6. in which we plot an escape from the quagmire of equality
  7. in which we coin a term which is the opposite of deprecate
  8. in which an interview is posted

2011 12

  1. in which local hacking locations are surveyed
  2. in which version two seems a treacherous stage
  3. in which the lesser-known are brought to the forefront
  4. in which version two turns the inside out
  5. in which static types are friends, not foes
  6. in which an operating system makes trade-offs
  7. in which systems are captured
  8. in which radical simplification ensues
  9. in which a violent metaphor features prominently
  10. in which secrets are kept
  11. in which the local meeting celebrates a year
  12. in which a peek is given, sneakily

2010 12

  1. in which the author sighs and realizes he publishes very few posts which do not contain the word package
  2. in which the perils of the gilardi scenario are overcome
  3. in which the conjference is recapitulated
  4. in which public speaking is foreshadowed
  5. in which the lessons of ZZ Top are applied to the marketplace
  6. in which we watch while a veritable tower of babel is constructed
  7. in which readers are pointed elsewhere
  8. in which is divulged more detail than is generally interesting
  9. in which a year is reflected upon
  10. in which the maintainers perspective is considered'
  11. in which telephone seems like entirely the wrong word
  12. in which, were a title to be summarized from the content, it would be altogether too similar to many of the titles used for past articles, possibly to the point of indistinguishability

2009 12

  1. in which persistence proves a propitious property
  2. in which projects may be more easily compiled and distributed
  3. in which things are mapped, but also reduced
  4. in which the effects of distance are reduced
  5. in which it is time for something that is almost completely different
  6. in which a brotherhood gathers
  7. in which are found tricks of the trade concerning clojure authorship
  8. in which a tool helps with relaxation
  9. in which codes are peeped at, in clojure
  10. in which is recounted a tale of versions
  11. in which slime and mire and other sludges come into play
  12. in which new paradigms are explored, clojure is reached, and impressions are still cursory

2008 20

  1. in which a peepcode is released
  2. in which is revealed a rather ambitious undertaking
  3. in which a hypothetical death occurs in order that a real one may be avoided
  4. in which the rubyconf attended is the eighth
  5. in which a scheme will be expounded upon
  6. in which a subject is attempted to be approached objectively, though such a thing is actually impossible
  7. in which an opportunity for exceptional confusion presents itself
  8. in which another mode of collaboration is set forth
  9. in which more is done with less
  10. in which the cake is found to be delicious and moist
  11. in which the events of and surrounding cabooseconf are recapitulated
  12. in which light is shed upon some previously unexplored frontiers
  13. in which a new project is annonuced
  14. in which a newly shaven yak is presented
  15. in which the benefits of contribution are discussed
  16. in which you may get started with bus scheme
  17. in which logos are bad
  18. in which the port number is traditionally eighty
  19. in which the blog undergoes an octo-redux
  20. in which a number of tools factor

2007 18

  1. in which a birth is announced
  2. another one rides the bus
  3. bus scheme
  4. post-rubyconf07
  5. strike force: assemble!
  6. unprecedented cluefulness
  7. messages instantly
  8. hiker dot rb
  9. how did that happen
  10. fletter
  11. cleaning up ecmascript
  12. geo-aware
  13. turtle power
  14. trans-hemispherical
  15. waiting to board
  16. js invasion
  17. 30 plus bad
  18. must be what it feels like to get old

2006 44

  1. this space intentionally left blank
  2. how i learned to stop worrying and love^H^H^H^H tolerate ecmascript
  3. quaker terms
  4. sixth rubyconf recap
  5. more rails testing help
  6. mostly just pokage
  7. any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
  8. yes, elunit 1.0!
  9. caboose tumling
  10. elunit?
  11. things i didn't do
  12. addendum
  13. the afternoon's hack
  14. arorem hacks
  15. various
  16. exception im notifier
  17. level up
  18. just when you thought wed forgotten all about Camping'
  19. i really need to find some of that obedience lacquer
  20. after railsday
  21. 18 hours of rails + 6 hours of sleep = 24 hours of awesome
  22. metalicious
  23. dustin brushes his teeth with lasers and combs his hair with the future
  24. arbis and kaizen
  25. dual booting
  26. whatever do they teach in schools these days
  27. new rails, now with a rake gotcha
  28. arorem
  29. orientation
  30. brain breaks
  31. just call me captain planet
  32. code smell
  33. quicker rails testing
  34. non-free be gone
  35. metabiz
  36. planetarium
  37. friar matz and father mccarthy
  38. i still dont understand dwemthy's array'
  39. once again, nothing much
  40. rav
  41. quotable
  42. fun app of the day
  43. math superhero
  44. what we need more of is elks

2005 23

  1. cistern
  2. good things
  3. fred brooks says
  4. there aught to be a law against you coming around
  5. music dilemma
  6. trust no one
  7. petals around the rose in 17 lines of Ruby
  8. telemetry—sounds cool, huh?
  9. google maps in two or more lines of code
  10. coding tunes
  11. fancy ultra fresh
  12. the little things in life
  13. new freaki rad sweet
  14. anecdote
  15. home again
  16. rubyconf day 2
  17. ruby is becoming lisp....
  18. big day
  19. renovation
  20. a terminal is a terrible thing to waste
  21. major dilemma
  22. fridays
  23. new blog

Undated 17

  1. loads of lisp
  2. you know you want to
  3. charging rhino
  4. proto-typed
  5. a gadget
  6. inte-gray-shun
  7. post-railsconf 07
  8. mail jig
  9. project management
  10. timely plugin
  11. five things meme
  12. vannevar
  13. darjeeling - a roundabout route
  14. minor note
  15. hardware hacks
  16. Resume
  17. gone into more detail on the site about why I built my own search engine in this unusual way