test first development

Earlier this week, I built my first EC2 server from one of our templates, following (as far as I can tell) RightScale's best practices. It was to be our Continuous Integration Server, which runs our e… »

The last time I posted about this particular gem, my spam increased a thousand-fold and my blog became forever tied to the search term. You'd think I would have learned my lesson. But alas, kind reade… »

So, there's a certain type of test that's been failing in the M7 code, and I've been working on it all day long. It has to do with the Erector 0.5.1 gem from Pivotal Labs. Now, they've since moved on … »

Today was a day to be thankful for caffeine. I truly don't know what I'd do without coffee. Even when I'm not tired, I need to have my cup. My favourite, when I'm not freezing (in other words, for abo… »

I know what you're thinking. It's 11:30 PM on Tuesday night, and David's going to miss his first daily update. And you know, I'm sort of disappointed in you for that. I thought you'd give me a bit mor… »

People are already becoming skeptical as to how long I will keep up my daily posting regarding the brave new world of telecommuting. One of those people is me! Well, actually... I never intended to ke… »