Category Archives: web.architecture

Much Railing Lately

Posted on May 15, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

I’ve been at my new job only four weeks, and my first project is nearly finished. My task these past four weeks has been the re-implementation of the company’s website in Rails. I was to do this from scratch, while … Continue reading →

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More like rakin’ in da dough …

Posted on March 7, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

It’s been two and a half weeks since I started my most recent freelancing software development project. Two and a half weeks of 20 hour days and seven day work weeks. Yep, if this project were to end today, I … Continue reading →

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Bringin’ in da dough, baby!

Posted on February 20, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

Last Wednesday, I sent emails and résumés for various job posts, and by that afternoon, I started getting nibbles. It was weird! Whereas I barely got any attention for over a dozen job applications I sent out between September and … Continue reading →

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Gearing up for an exciting 2007

Posted on January 5, 2007 by dreadpiratepj

In the months ahead, I will be making use of this weblog to discuss software development technologies and processes I’ve learned to use in my ten-year career. I will most likely be writing about web technologies and web services, and … Continue reading →

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Progress and hair pulling

Posted on December 22, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

Through the magic of social networking site LinkedIn, a friend of a friend introduced me to a friend. This friend is looking for a technical writer for a website with a geek audience interested in open source, Linux, web technologies, … Continue reading →

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Lucky Strike

Posted on May 11, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

This past Monday, I started a new exciting, but short chapter in my self-employment. A few hours after I had posted my last entry, I received an email from a good friend down here in PR, asking if I was … Continue reading →

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Working hard, hardly working …

Posted on May 6, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

Hello, gang. My two year old start up went belly up for lack of funds in February, and life has been interesting since, to say the least. It was an open source company/experiment, so the products we created are still … Continue reading →

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Ongoing tuning at Ongoing, and a personal challenge

Posted on February 13, 2006 by dreadpiratepj

I enjoy Tim Bray’s writing at his weblog, titled Ongoing. I began reading in late 2001, and I was hooked by his digital photography, his excellent writing, and his deep analysis of technical and cultural trends. His series on multi-core, … Continue reading →

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