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We’ve come to accept that trying to have a reasonable discussion on the Internet is like insert any number of increasingly offensive metaphors here. Usenet, IRC, forums, blogs, and now media like Twitter have all been black-marked as houses unfit for reason to dwell within. And so we roll our eyes, sigh, and quietly accept the idiocy, the opportunism, and the utter disrespect for our peers and ourselves that is technical discussion on the Internet. - Benjamin Schmaus

Tail on steroids. - Benjamin Schmaus

In the past few years there's been a blossoming of a new style of software methodology - referred to as agile methods. Alternatively characterized as an antidote to bureaucracy or a license to hack they've stirred up interest all over the software landscape. In this essay I explore the reasons for agile methods, focusing not so much on their weight but on their adaptive nature and their people-first orientation. - Benjamin Schmaus

In this presentation from RubyFringe, Nick Sieger explains the history and nature of Jazz music and what it has in common with Programming. - Benjamin Schmaus

Compatibility tables for features in HTML5, CSS3, SVG and other upcoming web technologies - Benjamin Schmaus

Excerpt: 'generated typographic cover design for our master thesis "aesthetic systems — designing with interactivity, generative processes and artificial intelligence"' - Benjamin Schmaus from Bookmarklet

Here are some things that find bugs for me (I should mention I'm the VP of Software Development at Justin.TV - I have lots of code in production, in daily use by millions of people. Importantly, the code doesn't have a formal specification and never could have one, otherwise we would never make any progress!): * User reports * Automated monitoring systems * Logging * Testing with simulated high load, and/or randomized inputs - Benjamin Schmaus