Archive for June 13th, 2006

Pakistan: an outsider’s perspective

13Jun06

Huma Zafar just sent me this great link from the Common Language Project. I always find myself protesting internally when I read negative articles about Pakistan, especially when written by a foreigner. The standard cache of cliched arguments (”they’re part of the problem”, “they can’t understand our culture”) surfaces and I have to actively suppress [...]

Brighton

13Jun06

Belated, but hey…too bad I don’t have one of the Lake District. So much for this being a complete journal of my doings :) I went to Brighton on a day trip during the bank holiday weekend. CB (my friend from Chicago) went too…the weather was mild at best, with some chilly winds thrown in, and [...]

Ruby on Rails as a platform for OSS

13Jun06

So here’s something that’s been bugging me for a while: the ORM facility that RoR provides is highly touted, particularly with regards to schema migrations, which are basically handled automatically. Clearly, these are great features for a fast-evolving project, but do they promote a more casual attitude towards reliability in open-source projects?I ask this because [...]