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Back home Mississippi

As I was checking out, I met Chad Fowler, the author of “My Job went to India“. As I said hello, he asked “Are you a Punjabi?” So the conference came to an end. I liked the city, the people, … Continue reading

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Last day at the conference

Today was the last day of Rails Conference. I attended a session on active record and another on what not to do in rails. The main event of the day was keynotes by the core team. DHH got standing ovation … Continue reading

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Day three Rails conference 2008

Sessions today were pretty interesting. Went to Optimizing Rails by Michael Koziarski, a talk on integration testing, and a talk on Mongrel by Philippe Hanrigou. The demand for Ruby jobs seemed to be posted everywhere. There were parties hosted in … Continue reading

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Day two at RailsConf

Woke up at 7am and ran to the Yoga session. Portland seemed to be more beautiful in the morning twilight, and sun rays falling on the sleeping hills. Joel Spolsky’s keynote presentation, if nothing else, was weird, informative and interesting. … Continue reading

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