26 May 2013

The Ruby Reflector

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By Lee of Blog | The Working Group 25 days ago.
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The Job Description: Web Developer, Toronto

Summary of the Role

Reporting to the Senior Tech Lead and Senior Project Manager of TWG, the Web Developer will work individually or with a team to plan, create and test well-structured, reusable code with a variety of environments using multiple platforms. The role requires a strong attention to details, exceptional technical communication skills and an ability to work independently within a highly fluid, client-oriented technology company. …

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By Leigh Shevchik of New Relic 1 month ago.
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…two million dollars an hour," explains Nick Leeper , Tech Lead for Finance and Fundraising at OFA. "When you're accustomed to hourly donations in the $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 range, that's an incredible spike. You're basically going from a thousand people using your app to 500,000 in a matter of minutes."

"On a campaign like this, the traffic patterns are crazy," adds Scott VanDenPlas , Director of DevOps. "One send through …

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Percona Server has won a 2013 DeveloperWeek Best of Tech award , being named Top Innovator in the SQL Technologies category!

We're proud to accept this award, which is determined by a combination of peer voting and review from an independent panel of judges. Thank you to everyone who voted for Percona Server !

From our press release: According to a 451 Research report titled, " MySQL vs. NoSQL and NewSQL: 2011-2015 ," Percona Server…

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By Leigh Shevchik of New Relic 5 months ago.
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* Chris Gansen - Dashboard Tech Lead

* Jason Kunesh - Director of User Experience

Stops on the Coding Forward tour include:

* New York City on January 8 th

* San Francisco on January 10 th

* Chicago on January 14 th

Registration is free, but space is limited. So don't forget to reserve your spot today.

See you there!

The post Code Forward: Meet the Awesome Developers Behind Obama's Successful 2012 Presidential …

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The Internet Summit seems to be the largest Tech event of the year in Raleigh,NC area. I've attended this conference last year and I'm proud to be a speaker this time around. If you're up for early morning talks I'm part of " Tech Track: Inside the Data Center " block of sessions, starting at 8am, where I will talk about challenges of using MySQL in the data center.

I'll be on the show for the full day tomorrow so feel free to …

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By Joey of Global Nerdy 10 months ago.
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The Joy of Tech : How Microsoft came up with the name " Windows Phone 7 Series"

Visual Studio 2012 and .NET 4.5 Have Hit their Final Build

Stick a fork in them: the final builds of Visual Studio 2012 and the .NET 4.5 framework are done! If you're an MSDN subscriber, you'll be able to download both on August 15, 2012. If you're a subscriber with Visual Studio Professional, Premium, Test Professional or Ultimate, you can register …

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By Peter Cooper of Ruby Inside 11 months ago.
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…thrive.

Senior Tech Lead at Seso Media Group [ Los Angeles, California]

See 20 other Ruby and Rails jobs on our job board!

Last but not least..

Sublime Text 2 for Ruby

A look at the Sublime Text 2 programmers' text editor including why it's a good fit for Rubyists and how to set it up in a productive manner.

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By Peter Cooper of Ruby Inside 11 months ago.
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Head of Tech or Lead Developer - Purpose ( New York, NY)

Manage a new technology initiative for an established agency. The project aims to build tools for the "ethical consumer" and the hands-on role includes all aspects of development, management and deployment. Competitive comp + stock options.

Senior Ruby Engineer/Founding Team Member at Groupiter @500 Startups [ San Francisco]

RoR Developers at Quri ( San Francisco, CA)

Quri …

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By Joey of Global Nerdy 12 months ago.
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…and TV sets at Walmart to people running and maintaining MS Tech); it's just that from an outside perspective, they seem like Twilight fans: a force to be reckoned with, but when you look at what they're into, you're tempted to ask " Really? That's what you spend all that time and effort on?"

I think the most telling thing about TechEd was a Channel 9 live broadcast I just saw, during which my friend and former co-worker Joey Snow was …

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On ZURB 12 months ago.
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Check out "Why (and How) To Rapidly Prototype For Multiple Devices" at Tech In Motion

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to our ZURBspeak page to RSVP for one or both of these talks. We're looking forward to meeting you!

If you'd like us to speak at your future event, let us know: Email forrest@zurb.com with details.

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