I’ve been unfortunate to have used Windows just recently. I work on a Mac, but to install a new internet server I needed a piece of software the only runs on Windows. So Daniël lent me his laptop and I proceeded to install the software.
A post like this one is the stuff of dreams. A guy starts coding a project because he believes in it. It starts to become a success, but his employer is bought by Microsoft. Microsoft offers the guy a huge salary to retain him as an employee. Guy declines. Guy follows his heart and builds a kick ass mofo of an app. Which app? GitHub. Whammo!
I have been watching a curious commit this week, which brought something called Metal to Rails. I had no idea what it was; I sort of get what Rack is supposed to do, and Metal builds on that. This post explains clearly though.