Virtuous Code
virtuouscode.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2012
Avdi Grimm writes about Ruby, programming practice, and software careers, including posts on passion and trying Smalltalk.
What HN saysCommenters recommend his 'Passion Gospel' post and his Pharo Smalltalk-for-Rubyists post, and cite his Ruby tips and experience returning to old projects.
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Most-shared posts
- 1The passion gospel4 people · 5 points · first shared 2016 · discussion on HN
- 2In which i make you hate ruby in 7 minutes3 people · first shared 2016
- 3On being the employee who “needs improvement”1 people · 206 points · first shared 2017 · 190 comments on HN
- 4The Pretentious Haskell Phase1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 5Software Entrepreneurs: Stop looking for itches to scratch1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 6Back in business1 people · 3 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 7What it’s like to come back to a Ruby project after 6 months1 people · 3 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 8Three Object-Oriented Programming Books Worth Reading1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 9Spend $350 on a Keyboard (2016)1 people · 2 points · first shared 2019 · discussion on HN
- 10The Inescapable Pragmatism of Procedures1 people · 2 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 11The Procedure/Function Block Convention in Ruby (2011)1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 12Riffing on `interpose` implementations in Ruby1 people · 1 points · first shared 2018 · 1 comments on HN
- 13The daunting economics of cheap services1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 14How to use rubys english andor operators without going nuts1 people · first shared 2018
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itamarst · 2017-05-05
There's a difference between caring about your job and being passionate. I recommend reading Avdi Grimm's http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/02/10/the-passion-gospel/, it's really good.
pjmlp · 2018-10-23
There is a good presentation for Ruby devs, showing how Smalltalk used to be.
"7 minutes of Pharo Smalltalk for Rubyists"
http://www.virtuouscode.com/2015/05/11/in-which-i-make-you-hate-ruby-i…
weaksauce · 2018-04-29
Here’s when you’d use them
http://www.virtuouscode.com/2014/08/26/how-to-use-rubys-english-andor-…
ben-coman · 2017-10-06
Here is a nice Pharo TDD video (thx Avi) from an author of several Ruby books, when he was trying Pharo...
http://www.virtuouscode.com/2015/05/11/in-which-i-make-you-hate-ruby-i…
caseysoftware · 2017-07-24
I don't know why you're being voted down.. even Avdi Grimm supports that:
http://www.virtuouscode.com/2015/08/11/what-its-like-to-come-back-to-a…
bencoman71 · 2016-07-26
> The colorful Playskool environment
That was likely Squeak, not Pharo. Pharo has muted a lot of the UI colours to be more appropriate for a business environment.
> How anyone could possibly be productive in such an environment. What is it that's so attractive about it to Smalltalkers?
Perhaps its useful to get some outsiders perspectives....
Avdi Grimm has written a few books about Ruby. He records his experience trying Pharo in "I make you hate Ruby in 7 minutes"
http://www.virtuouscode.com/2015/05/11/in-which-i-make-you-hate-ruby-i…
Noel Rappin has written a few books about Ruby & Javascript. He provides an introduction to Smalltalk in "MountainWest RubyConf 2014 - But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk"
http://youtu.be/eGaKZBr0ga4