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.

Rails counter_cache problem

Why counter_cache only updates one parent when creating through an association, and how to fix it

rails how-to

Integrum and me

How I left a stable defense job, taught myself Rails, and found a home at Integrum Technologies

business startups personal

Minor TextMate Annoyance

Customizing the TextMate do snippet to omit the block variable by default

code how-to

The Tip of the Ruby #1

Understanding the difference between or and || operator precedence in Ruby

ruby how-to

Search Engine Optimization for Coders

Notes from a Desert Code Camp talk on practical SEO tips for developers

seo code how-to

Discover your missing specs

A rake task that finds app files without corresponding RSpec test files and generates them

rails testing how-to

Firefox Profiles

Using Firefox profiles to separate your development extensions from personal browsing

code how-to

Gravatar Problems

Debugging and fixing the Mephisto Gravatar caching plugin for production use

rails ops

Striving for 100 percent

Weighing the practical value of 100% code coverage versus focusing testing on high-impact functionality

testing code

Rails Testing Tips: Testing a helper with a block

Two approaches to testing a Rails helper method that accepts a block using RSpec

rails testing how-to