Lets say, you wanted to store contact information such as emails, phone numbers, and websites. These contact information can be associated with an employee of a business or the business itself. A business can have multiple emails and multiple phone… Continue reading ‘Rails single table inheritance with polymorphic association’ →

So about a month and a half ago, I was driving home from work one day after working on some NSIS installer code (which in my humble opinion is very ugly and hard to work with), when I had the… Continue reading ‘A better installer’ →

tl:dr:To celebrate the long-awaited releaset of TextMate 2 this week, my friend Kevin and I have started a new tumblelog called Text Mate 2 Tips to offer simple visual tips on how to use the new features of our favourite… Continue reading ‘TextMate 2 Tips’ →

Conventional wisdom says you should listen to your customers. Most people will agree to that without questions. The idea of listening to the people you serve – be they customers, users, etc, becomes so prevalent that the discipline of gathering… Continue reading ‘Building tomorrow’ →

A calculated property is something that is calculated based on the results of some other properties. For example: Subtotal = Unit Cost * Quantity The finalize button should be enabled if the order status is Open The unit cost is… Continue reading ‘A declarative way of handling property changed notifications’ →