Last week the topic on everyone's mind seemed to be the future of programming. All my friends were talking about it, people I follow were talking about it, and I was thinking about it as well. Then David's (DHH's) Rails World keynote turbocharged the conversation.
His talk didn't come as a...
A year ago I had my first day at 37signals (the people behind Basecamp, HEY and Fizzy).
This was a dream come true for me.
I wanted to work there ever since I read Rework over a decade ago. The books, podcasts and talks that followed showed me that we also share a similar philosophy towards...
One of my favorite activities is hiking. I'm fortunate to live close to a mountain where I can go for a hike any time I want - often early in the morning, before work.
I love the trek over hills and valleys, through forests and streams, the creaking of trees in the wind, the rustling of leaves,...
Last week I found a backup of the very last PHP app I ever wrote. The backup was from 2009, but the app itself was written in 2007 - 18 years ago!
Back then I was in my late teens and the world was (or at least felt) completely different. Out of nostalgia, I spent some time exploring the source...
When Campfire - the first Once product - came out, a few of us at Ruby Zagreb pitched in to buy a copy.
Prometheus had brought fire from Mount Olympus, and we came to see the blaze. We were finally seeing how the people at 37signals - the birthplace of Rails - build Rails apps. And as a bonus,...