Jacob Burkhart jacobo

Title:

Clever ideas from 2 years ago

Abstract:

In Late September, 2010, I left my job in Boston at 3M and moved across the country to work at Engine Yard in San Francisco.

I brought with me a collection of 40 open source repositories I had extracted from my work. I thought they would be invaluable, but I didn’t use a single one.

Title:

Testing: The Hard Parts

Abstract:

The thing about sour beer is, it’s all about off-flavors. There is a variation of flavors and funk that would be undesirable, if not for the label of sour.

A similar license is granted to the test author. The tolerance for crazy goes way up. And sometimes, the crazy part is also the genius part.

Title:

Being Present

Abstract:

Do you ever get distracted by a persistent bug in production while hurtling towards the ground at 122 mph?

Find it easy to think about CSS while sweating through an intense vinyasa flow yoga class?

Bio

Jacob is the world's foremost expert on (within the subset of people who: work in Ruby for a living, surf the Pacific regularly, and brew sour beers). He does all these things in San Francisco California, while working at Engine Yard.

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	class Array
	def rand
	self[Kernel.rand(self.size)]
	end
	end

	module Lisonja
	class PartiallyStolenComplimentGenerator
	VOWELS = ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']
	ADJ1 = ['elegant', 'hearty', 'beautiful', 'fine', 'fabulous', 'pretty',

	Adambräu
	Lindemans Framboise
	Harpoon Raspberry UFO
	Sam Adams Boston Lager (but only at Fenway Park)
	Cuvée des Jacobins
	Allagash White
	Schneider Aventinus
	Smithwick's
	La Chouffe
	Magic Hat Circus Boy

	#Save this file as hax_background_jobs_in_thin.ru
	#In one terminal run: thin start --rackup hax_background_jobs_in_thin.ru
	#In another run: curl -v localhost:3000

	class CleverMailSender
	class << self; attr_accessor :emails_to_send; end
	self.emails_to_send = []
	def initialize(app)
	@app = app
	end

	#Save this file as hax_background_jobs_in_unicorn.ru
	#In one terminal run: unicorn hax_background_jobs_in_unicorn.ru
	#In another run: curl -v localhost:8080

	class CleverMailSender
	class << self; attr_accessor :emails_to_send; end
	self.emails_to_send = []
	class BodyProxy
	def initialize(body)
	@body = body

	#Save this file as hax_background_jobs_with_threads.ru
	#In one terminal run: rackup hax_background_jobs_with_threads.ru
	#In another run: curl -v localhost:9292

	class CleverMailSender
	def self.send_email(email)
	Thread.new do
	puts "sending e-mail: #{email}"
	5.times{\|x\| puts x; sleep 0.5}
	puts "sent"