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Alan Skorkin - Skorks

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Alan Skorkin's archived essays on Ruby, programming, software design, startups, and development teams. The latest feed posts are dated 2013.

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  • Ruby & (Ampersand) Parameter Demystified #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Apr 16, 2013

  • Ruby - Why U No Have Nested Exceptions? #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDesign

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    Apr 9, 2013

  • The Best Way To Pretty Print JSON On The Command-Line #JSON #Commandline #Programming

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    Apr 3, 2013

  • A Closure Is Not Always A Closure In Ruby #Ruby #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment

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    Mar 27, 2013

  • What Is A Startup (Or A Startup Idea)? #Startup #Business #Entrepreneurship

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    Nov 23, 2011

  • Why Developers Never Use State Machines #Programming #SoftwareDesign #Development

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    Sep 1, 2011

  • When Developers Go To Great Length To Save Typing 4 Letters #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperLife

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    Aug 24, 2011

  • Even Boring Form Data Can Be Interesting (For A Developer) #Programming #SoftwareDevelopment #WebDevelopment

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    Aug 17, 2011

  • Algorithms, A Dropbox Challenge And Dynamic Programming #Algorithms #Programming #ComputerScience

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    Feb 27, 2011

  • A Unit Testing Framework In 44 Lines Of Ruby #Ruby #Testing #Code

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    Feb 16, 2011