As part of my job I have to deal with quite heavy I/O loads. Multiple times I’ve jumped into a fighting ring facing challenges that demand me to perform thousands of I/O operations in the most efficient way possible. And I haven’t always won. This has directed…

Today, we are excited to announce the launch of The Rails Foundation. Its mission is to improve the documentation, education, marketing, and events in our ecosystem to the benefit of all new and existing Rails developers. It’s been started by some of the…

Now that the tour has ended, I want to share some concluding thoughts about the experience. My primary trip purpose was to learn more about urban planning in South America. I have a whole post worth of ideas on that. So, in this post, I’ll share everything…

This Strong Towns member was skeptical of claims that a speed trap had successfully slowed the cars on a local street…so, he conducted a speed study. Here are his results.

I work best with existing material—whether that be images, ideas, spreadsheets, documentation, books, etc. That existing material defines the boundaries I need to create something more. When I stumble across a nice chunk of material that has those boundaries…

London was overtaken by Paris as economic growth concerns hit UK assets.

Before search engines were what they are today, webrings were a great way to find websites that interested you. So what happened to them?

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Guess it is official now.

A vision of the future.

Matthew Behr Fechter stabbed his opponent – now he takes in relatives of his widow from Ukraine The shock is written all over his face: Matthias Behr after the tragic battle with Vladimir Smirnov in Rome in 1982 © UPI / Picture Alliance 13.05.2022, 11:48…

After calling bullsh*t on Luna, Celsius, and FTX well before any of them collapsed, I have a bit of credibility with the mainstream media. I want to use that credibility to call attention to the worst and largest of all the scam perpetrators in the "crypto"…