Ridin Rails

Posted by lee Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:04:00 GMT

As many of the millions of you out there in leebankewitz.com land already know, I have recently begun working at a web startup.  All of your inquiries into how it has been for me are appreciated, and I apologize for the lack of response on my part.

I knew when I accepted this job that it would be a demanding position. It has lived up to all my expectations.  The occasional twelve hour day, with most evenings spent reviewing code if not actually writing it, has been my introduction to life in a start up.  Add to that my additional effort to get up to speed on the technology, and a very big chunk of my time is spoken for.  But reminding myself how vested in the success of this company we are has been a great motivator.  I’m really enjoying my time on Rails, too.  I spent the early part of my career avoiding web programming like the plague, after a horrific stint in Java web programming back in 2003.  Rails has made the transition back to the web an enjoyable one; something I thought was unlikely.  Anyway, I miss you all and will find time for each of you :)

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Progress Through Destruction

Posted by lee Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:59:00 GMT

What this guy said …

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Slice of me

Posted by lee Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:29:00 GMT

This site is hosted on a linux VPS at slicehost.  Not much comes on the slice, and set up is done entirely through SSH.  I’ve gained some *nix familiararity lately from doing Rails developent on OSX, but other than that i have zero experience with the environment.  Setting up a web server from a bare bones ubuntu slice would not accurately be described as my forte.  Slicehost made it easy.  I installed Ruby, Rails, mongrel, nginx, mysql, typo, tracks and subversion on my slice, and set up email hosting at google apps.  Following the Slicehost tutorials, I had not a single hiccup in the whole process.  Thats a rare thing when doing that much setup.  The attention to detail in the walk throughs is very much appreciated, they get a strong recommendation from me.

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First breath

Posted by lee Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:32:00 GMT

Hear Me Say has a new home.  Tonight leebankewitz.com is alive and well, and I look forward to seeing you all back here often.  Welcome!

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