A Ruby workflow with RVM and Bundler
Published 24 May 2012 under ruby, rvm, bundler, how to

Ruby has some great tools surrounding it which make it a pleasure to work withbut getting everything setup can be tricky.Bundler is an awesome tool which manages anapplication's dependencies. It...

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Using C poll() on stdin with systemd
Published 12 May 2012 under C, embedded

I recently wrote a C application which uses poll() towait for interrupts from a GPIO. It worked perfectly until we tried to run theapplication under systemd on Angstrom at which point it used 100%...

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Send Redmine 1.3.2 email notifications through GMail
Published 17 April 2012 under ruby, redmine, gmail, how to

Setting up Redmine to send email notifications throughGMail is straightforward once you know how!First you will need a GMail account set up through which the emails will besent. We setup...

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Is the invisible face of software maintenance destroying your business?
Published 26 March 2012 under software maintenance

Neglecting the invisible face of software maintenance means that your code builds up cruft over time. This makes it increasingly difficult to change and extend. The end result is unhappy developers...

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Why you might need -Wsign-compare for C code
Published 09 February 2012 under C, gcc

Here's a simple example of mixing signed and unsigned integers in C,does it do what you would expect?By default, compilers such as gcc and clang (llvm) will compile thefollowing code without...

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