Ben Scofield

Ben Scofield

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15 Jan 2010

CodeMash recap

[[posterous-content:EJwrquhHwuicvefDasuH]] So, after some difficulties getting the planes to fly on time, I finally made it home from …
11 Jan 2010

Design-first development

The first RubyConf talk I gave was entitled Cleanliness Is Next to Domain-Specificity; in it, I spoke about DSLs, and gave an example of how …
07 Jan 2010

Practice isn't fun

It's a new year, and it's about time for a hard truth: practice, when done properly, isn't fun. I'd love to be able to tell you that it is – …
04 Jan 2010

My five-year anniversary with Ruby

My five-year anniversary with Viget Labs is approaching quickly – I started here back in February 2005. Before I reach that milestone, …
28 Dec 2009

Weekly goals

In light of the impending new year, I thought I'd offer an alternative to the associated flood of well-intentioned but ultimately-doomed …
22 Dec 2009

The flood of ideas

Seth's post yesterday struck a chord with me, as it reminded me of how I felt a few months ago. At the time, I was posting extremely …
18 Dec 2009

Irreversibility

I'm generally a pretty calm guy. We've all got pet peeves, though, and one of my occurs all too frequently. I'm talking about people who …
12 Dec 2009

Failure is bad.

I just read a post from Micah Baldwin that I found very interesting, so here's a quick response: Failure is bad. Success is good. Sure, …