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.

Honeypot Captchas for Rails

A simple, unobtrusive way to try to combat automated form spam.

rails ruby open-source

Quick Tip: Rails Named Bind Variables

How to use named bind variables in a Ruby on Rails query to increase readability and reduce duplication.

rails how-to

Quick Tip: Cucumber Works-in-Progress

How to use the Cucumber tagging feature to tag scenarios.

rails testing how-to

Quick Tip: Rails Singularization of -ess

How to handle singularization of words like 'business' and 'address' through custom inflection rules in Ruby on Rails.

rails how-to

Fixing Multipart Uploads in Rack for Ruby 1.9

Patch your Rack installation after seeing an 'invalid byte sequence in US-ASCII' error.

ruby rails how-to

Trimming the Fat from your Social Media Diet

Keep relevant people close while removing the irrelevant ones. Start trimming.

personal community

Challenge Yourself to Create Better Relationships... Offline

I challenge you to spend some time building relationships in real life instead of focusing solely on virtual relationships.

personal community

Reevaluating the Handshake

Looks at the popular notion of giving a proper handshake and examines an experience with an alternative way that conveys sincerity instead of dominance.

personal business

Observations Photographing LaidOffCamp Phoenix

Observations I had while photographing LaidOffCamp Phoenix in Gilbert, AZ on August 8, 2009. This is the first event I've photographed.

photography community events

Building a Strong Company Culture

Netflix describes their current approach to company culture.

business startups