Musings of a startup junkie and Ruby on Rails nerd.
Welcome to Millarian! I write about web development, Ruby on Rails, consulting, and the occasional startup lesson learned the hard way.
Life as an Entrepreneur
The funny reactions people have when you tell them you quit your job to build a startup
Alpha Available
The first alpha is deployed to the server, testers are invited, and feedback is already rolling in
Render Partial for Email Template
A workaround for rendering partials inside Rails mail templates using relative paths
Discrimination Based on Appearance
Why workplace discrimination over tattoos, piercings, and hairstyles is wrong
Rails Sweetness
Using single-table inheritance in Rails to model different address types for users and businesses
Almost Beta-worthy
Six weeks in, the startup prototype is nearly ready for private beta testers
Creative Commons
A look at the Creative Commons movement and Google's donation to their annual fundraiser
Thumbnails with RMagick
Generating proportionally scaled image thumbnails in Rails using ImageMagick and RMagick
Rails link_to and HTML options
How to pass HTML attributes like title to the Rails link_to helper method
Life outside the Valley
You don't need to be in Silicon Valley to build a successful tech startup