Comments on: Forget Rock Stars, Gurus, Ninjas and Zen Masters http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/ Experiences with Ruby and Rails, Web2.0 and other development technologies Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: manalang » Blog Archive » DHH: Fuck the Real World http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-118159 manalang » Blog Archive » DHH: Fuck the Real World Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:53:02 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-118159 <p>[...] to know me, you probably know that I am not a guy who gets ecstatic because someone is an alleged rock star, ninja, pirate or zen master, even if he happens to be author of something as significant as Ruby on Rails which I think is the [...]</p> [...] to know me, you probably know that I am not a guy who gets ecstatic because someone is an alleged rock star, ninja, pirate or zen master, even if he happens to be author of something as significant as Ruby on Rails which I think is the [...]

]]> By: Ruby, Rails, Web2.0 » Blog Archive » DHH: Fuck the Real World http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-117469 Ruby, Rails, Web2.0 » Blog Archive » DHH: Fuck the Real World Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:37:45 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-117469 <p>[...] to know me, you probably know that I am not a guy who gets ecstatic because someone is an alleged rock star, ninja, pirate or zen master, even if he happens to be author of something as significant as Ruby on Rails which I think is the [...]</p> [...] to know me, you probably know that I am not a guy who gets ecstatic because someone is an alleged rock star, ninja, pirate or zen master, even if he happens to be author of something as significant as Ruby on Rails which I think is the [...]

]]> By: KevBurnsJr http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-99859 KevBurnsJr Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:15:15 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-99859 <p>LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!</p> LIGHTNING BOLT! LIGHTNING BOLT!

]]> By: peter http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-99843 peter Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:44:16 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-99843 <p>@Jackson - are you an automated spambot (poetical)? I just disabled some archaic WP plugin which supposedly 'Denies automated spambots access to your PHP-based Web site'.</p> @Jackson - are you an automated spambot (poetical)? I just disabled some archaic WP plugin which supposedly ‘Denies automated spambots access to your PHP-based Web site’.

]]> By: peter http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-99842 peter Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:40:35 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-99842 <p>@Jackson: wtf I am not using a captcha plugin??? Maybe some terrorists did sneak into the system indeed - web1.0 anti-terrorist naval unit investigating!</p> <p>@Dan: I <em>do</em> find it immensely funny, that's why I posted about it. In fact I am LOLing since I found it. I think the folks commenting @ hacker news (<a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=386128" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=386128</a>) understood this - the Ruby Bionic Commando is fighting Python 3000 Jihadists and Javascript Martyrs over there...</p> @Jackson: wtf I am not using a captcha plugin??? Maybe some terrorists did sneak into the system indeed - web1.0 anti-terrorist naval unit investigating!

@Dan: I do find it immensely funny, that’s why I posted about it. In fact I am LOLing since I found it. I think the folks commenting @ hacker news (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=386128) understood this - the Ruby Bionic Commando is fighting Python 3000 Jihadists and Javascript Martyrs over there…

]]> By: Dan http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-99835 Dan Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:15:57 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-99835 <p>What is so wrong with having a little fun in coding and development... using fun descriptors instead of always saying expert senior level ruby developer with 2+ years experience that works well with a team. I would much rather be called a code ninja than a senior level developer... not all fun and joking has to go out of the work place, long as you as you said 'get some coding done' put a bit of smiles in the work place while your at it.</p> What is so wrong with having a little fun in coding and development… using fun descriptors instead of always saying expert senior level ruby developer with 2+ years experience that works well with a team. I would much rather be called a code ninja than a senior level developer… not all fun and joking has to go out of the work place, long as you as you said ‘get some coding done’ put a bit of smiles in the work place while your at it.

]]> By: Jackson http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-99823 Jackson Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:11:26 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-99823 <p>Did a Code Terrorist write that Captcha plugin you are using? There is that beautiful PHP error of "Can't send headers because output already started at line..."</p> Did a Code Terrorist write that Captcha plugin you are using? There is that beautiful PHP error of “Can’t send headers because output already started at line…”

]]> By: Jackson http://www.rubyrailways.com/forget-rock-stars-gurus-ninjas-and-zen-masters/comment-page-1/#comment-99822 Jackson Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:09:13 +0000 http://www.rubyrailways.com/?p=164#comment-99822 <p>I have worked with "Code Terrorists" before. They are the ones who rewrite tests instead of fixing the failure, check-in broken code, edit code in production, etc.</p> I have worked with “Code Terrorists” before. They are the ones who rewrite tests instead of fixing the failure, check-in broken code, edit code in production, etc.

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