Big Dave’s Blog
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Google, where’s the love?
Google Developer Day is coming May 31. It’s a global event held in 10 cities at the same time, but note there is only one location in the US, and it’s nowhere near Boston. There is a decent cluster in Europe, but only Mountain View, CA in the states. We here on the right coast…
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Ruby scaling
According to the lead developer at Twitter, Ruby doesn’t scale easily. While I agree there are issues with scaling in Ruby, it can be done. The issues are just different. Where I think people get in trouble is to depend too much on the things that make Ruby so productive. As you scale, you need…
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Welcoming Declan to the world
My son, Declan, was born March 31, 2007. Declan is my wife and I’s third child. The twins, Cameron and Zoe, are very excited. We are all a little sleep deprived, but that is to be expected. The great thing about is that this time nothing will bother me. I remember leaving the hospital with…
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Hello world!
This is my first post of many. Why Big Dave? First of all, when you are 6’5″ tall, people tend to classify you as big. Pretty soon I was always being referred to as “Big Dave”. It’s interesting that even before “Big Dave” stuck, I always stuck by the phrase “Go big, or stay home!”…