Tag Archives: ruby

The horrible cost of using explicit returns in Ruby….

Posted on March 19, 2011 by Nerdmaster

At my lovely new job, we got a trainer to teach us about Ruby, Rails, and agile methodologies. She was pretty good overall, but one thing she mentioned a few times really got on my nerves: “use implicit returns in … Continue reading →

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Ruby lovers rejoice! Net::YAIL 1.4.0 released!

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Nerdmaster

I suspect there are still some bugs, as I only have one bot I use to test the thing, but there’s a lot of really good new stuff. I’m trying to move everything that makes sense into github, so the … Continue reading →

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myAutToExe and Ruby for the win!

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Nerdmaster

As I’ve mentioned maybe once or twice before, I like myAutToExe a good deal. It’s great for tinkering around with AutoIt programs that have been “secured” by compiling to tokens. In some situations, being able to decompile these scripts is … Continue reading →

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IRC in Ruby still sucks? Check out Net::YAIL, the choice of a new generation

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Nerdmaster

After posting my super-deluxe-awesome-sexy actionscript hover tooltip code, I felt dirty. I mean, me, giving away the source code to something that I could surely have sold for at least $1.50 a shot! It was really disgusting to see such … Continue reading →

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Why Ruby is so sexy-awesome, part XXXIV

Posted on May 14, 2008 by Nerdmaster

I use Ruby whenever I can. Not specifically with Rails – Rails extends the language and adds some nifty things, but the beauty is all Ruby’s. Today I was using Ruby (in a Rails app, as it happens), and I … Continue reading →

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If you’re not smart enough to program, don’t write a programming guide

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Nerdmaster

I can’t believe this. Simply amazing. I really can’t. I’m not even sure this is good enough to fall under my usual “Awesome Software Discovery” banner. So I work at a place where we use Ruby and Perl a lot, … Continue reading →

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