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  • How to order your Kindle from the Netherlands
    2 Feb 2010
  • Sign the petition: Stop EU Software Patents
    19 Jan 2010
  • The epic e-reading experience: Amazon Kindle
    17 Jan 2010
  • Epic TextMate Theme
    24 Nov 2009
  • Epic vs. Awesome
    13 Oct 2009
  • IMDB Ruby Gem 0.4.0 Now available at RubyForge!
    14 Jun 2009
  • Speaking at Rails Underground
    14 Jun 2009
  • Best Practice - The Git Development Cycle
    8 Jun 2009
  • ActiveRecord: Skipping callbacks like after_save or after_update
    7 Jun 2009
  • has_one - find all that have no associated object
    7 Jun 2009
  • IMDB 0.3.0 now including console utility - query IMDB from your console
    7 Jun 2009
  • Install Hpricot on Ubuntu
    5 Jun 2009
  • Ruby Gem: IMDB
    3 Jun 2009
  • Speak louder! I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am!
    22 May 2009
  • Second RubyFest Speaker: Geoffrey Grosenbach
    6 May 2009
  • Available for iPhone Development
    28 Apr 2009
  • Compacting a SQLite3 DB file
    23 Apr 2009
  • How to create a DSA OpenSSL certificate
    19 Apr 2009
  • MacBook Pro: Black Screen of Death (or is it just faking?)
    5 Apr 2009
  • May 14th: RubyFest!
    31 Mar 2009
  • warcraft-armory 0.1.0 Released
    7 Feb 2009
  • Pagerank 3, 19k Hits/Month
    30 Jan 2009
  • How To Start A Rails Edge App The Easy Way
    4 Jan 2009
  • Twitterlicious!
    27 Dec 2008
  • Google FriendConnect now on Ariejan.net
    3 Dec 2008
  • Export CSV directly from MySQL
    27 Nov 2008
  • SQL: Ordering with NULL values
    14 Nov 2008
  • RSpec'ing with Time.now
    5 Nov 2008
  • BaseApp: a quick start for your Rails App
    28 Sep 2008
  • JRuby with Thomas Enebo
    3 Sep 2008
  • Panel Discussion with DHH and Rails Core Members
    3 Sep 2008
  • JRuby with Nick Sieger
    2 Sep 2008
  • RailsConfEurope: The first tutorial
    2 Sep 2008
  • Leaving for RailsConf Europe 2008
    1 Sep 2008
  • ActiveRecord Read Only Model
    17 Aug 2008
  • Ruby on Rails: UUID as your ActiveRecord primary key
    12 Aug 2008
  • Photography Heaven
    11 Jul 2008
  • How to digg-proof your WordPress blog
    9 Jul 2008
  • Zoek jij 'n uitdagende baan??
    6 Jun 2008
  • The migration that cannot be undone: Irreversible Migration
    6 May 2008
  • Permanently redirect WordPress pages
    15 Apr 2008
  • Debian Etch: RMagick LoadError
    10 Apr 2008
  • Enabling Trac Email notifications
    9 Apr 2008
  • Here we go again: WordPress 2.5
    9 Apr 2008
  • Rails Snippet: Caching expensive calls
    9 Apr 2008
  • Attack of the Killer Bunnies
    15 Jan 2008
  • Kabisa Blog
    13 Jan 2008
  • For You: Merry Christmas and a Happy 2008!!!
    20 Dec 2007
  • Wil jij mijn collega zijn? - Kabisa is hiring!
    7 Dec 2007
  • MySQL: (Re)set the auto-increment value of a table
    30 Nov 2007
  • RailsJobs.nl - Ruby on Rails Jobs in The Netherlands
    27 Nov 2007
  • Party time!
    17 Oct 2007
  • Google increases storage!
    8 Oct 2007
  • Flash not clearing after a request?
    26 Sep 2007
  • Wordpress 2.3 released!
    25 Sep 2007
  • Rails 2.0 New Features
    24 Sep 2007
  • Whooop - here it is! The new Ariejan.net!
    24 Sep 2007
  • RailsConf Europe 2007!
    17 Sep 2007
  • 10 reasons why Microsoft's 10 reasons not to use Google Apps suck
    11 Sep 2007
  • Content_for, yield and making sure something gets displayed
    1 Sep 2007
  • Blueprint 0.5 Rails Plugin released
    31 Aug 2007
  • BlueprintCSS Rails Generator
    27 Aug 2007
  • Super Simple Authentication Plugin and Generator
    24 Aug 2007
  • Using Iconv to convert UTF-8 to ASCII (on Linux)
    21 Aug 2007
  • I’m back in business!
    20 Aug 2007
  • Kabisa, RailsConf Europe and Ariejan.net
    20 Aug 2007
  • I’m Back!
    1 Aug 2007
  • Ariejan.net - What’s next?
    16 Jul 2007
  • Clear DNS Cache on your router
    7 Jul 2007
  • How to write a Rails Plugin (for controllers)
    6 Jul 2007
  • Some DNS problems with Ariejan.net
    6 Jul 2007
  • Got updates?
    3 Jul 2007
  • How to create and apply a patch with Subversion
    3 Jul 2007
  • How to force data to be downloaded as a file from your Rails app
    2 Jul 2007
  • ActiveScaffold + acts_as_taggable + Auto Complete
    1 Jul 2007
  • AJAX Rules! 80 JavaScript Solutions for professional coding
    21 Jun 2007
  • Action Mailer: All mail comes from MAILER DAEMON
    20 Jun 2007
  • Rails production server setup and deployment on Ubuntu/Debian
    20 Jun 2007
  • Geslaagd! / Passed my final exams!
    19 Jun 2007
  • Buy it now! Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
    14 Jun 2007
  • BASH your SVN and Trac installation!
    12 Jun 2007
  • ActiveScaffold, Acts_as_taggable_on_steroids
    11 Jun 2007
  • Find and Replace with a MySQL Query
    10 Jun 2007
  • Send mail with a BASH Shell Script
    10 Jun 2007
  • Ultimate List of Ruby Resources
    10 Jun 2007
  • Coming up: Ubuntu Development Server Guide
    7 Jun 2007
  • Trac, WebAdmin plugin and global configuration
    30 May 2007
  • Installing RMagick Ruby Gem on Mac OS X 10.4.9
    29 May 2007
  • Slow connections with ProFTPD
    29 May 2007
  • BAT - TER - Y
    28 May 2007
  • MERGE request failed on ‘/path/to/file’
    21 May 2007
  • FeedBurner acquired by Google!
    18 May 2007
  • Rails Snippet: Write like Orwell with to_sentence
    9 May 2007
  • Ariejan.net server move
    29 Apr 2007
  • Rails, Resources and Permalinks
    12 Apr 2007
  • TipSnippet: Create a RSS feed
    3 Apr 2007
  • What do you want for AutoFlickr?
    2 Apr 2007
  • 5 Reasons why PC OEMs should offer Linux
    29 Mar 2007
  • Rails Tip Snippet: Create a comma-seperate list
    27 Mar 2007
  • Subversion: How to revert to a previous revision
    27 Mar 2007
  • Speedlinking: Top 28 startup resources
    25 Mar 2007
  • Be productive! 37 things you can do on the toilet
    23 Mar 2007
  • Rails Tip Snippet: Logging informational messages to your log
    22 Mar 2007
  • 26 Things you can do with an old PC
    21 Mar 2007
  • 8 Great ways to use Google for your start-up
    20 Mar 2007
  • How I made 6 figures with Google Adsense in 10 days
    20 Mar 2007
  • Wordpress Plugin: AutoFlickr 1.0
    7 Mar 2007
  • Subversion Cheat Sheet Update: 1.0.1
    6 Mar 2007
  • 4 Unusual uses for Subversion
    26 Feb 2007
  • Subversion Cheat Sheet 1.0!
    23 Feb 2007
  • Ruby: Sort an array of objects by an attribute
    28 Jan 2007
  • New in Rails: Resource Scaffold Generator
    23 Jan 2007
  • Rails: Nested resource scaffold
    23 Jan 2007
  • Updates: Wordpress 2.1, Themes and Social
    23 Jan 2007
  • “Print this page” with Ruby on Rails
    19 Jan 2007
  • Why Ruby Rocks - Convince your fellow developers
    19 Jan 2007
  • Rails: Group results by week (using group_by)
    12 Jan 2007
  • Textmate+Rails: Easy partials for better code
    22 Dec 2006
  • SVN: How often should you commit?
    20 Dec 2006
  • SVN: Merge a branch with your trunk
    20 Dec 2006
  • Show the current SVN revision in your Rails app
    13 Dec 2006
  • Install ruby-mysql on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
    6 Dec 2006
  • Installing Rails on Ubuntu Dapper / Edgy
    3 Dec 2006
  • How to setup a Ubuntu development server - Part 2
    2 Dec 2006
  • How to setup a Ubuntu development server - Part 1
    1 Dec 2006
  • Rails: Security Check-up
    30 Nov 2006
  • The Three Corner Stones of Developerhood
    25 Nov 2006
  • SVN: How to structure your repository
    24 Nov 2006
  • Google Project Hosting: SourceForge Competitor
    22 Nov 2006
  • SVN: How to fix bugs properly
    22 Nov 2006
  • WordPress: Author comment highlighting
    22 Nov 2006
  • CSE-Tool 1.1.0 Released
    21 Nov 2006
  • SVN: How to release software properly
    21 Nov 2006
  • Announcing CSE-Tool: Deploy you Google CSE with ease
    17 Nov 2006
  • Ubuntu 6.10 Live DVD on the Apple MacBook
    15 Nov 2006
  • CUPS: 426 - Upgrade Required
    13 Nov 2006
  • WordpressMu: Don’t allow new blogs
    31 Oct 2006
  • Adsense Resource Inventory
    30 Oct 2006
  • Cheat sheets? Look here!
    30 Oct 2006
  • Confused about CSS Columns?
    30 Oct 2006
  • How does your site look on …?
    30 Oct 2006
  • Do your ads pay your (blogging) bills?
    29 Oct 2006
  • Ruby On Rails for PHP: CakePHP
    23 Oct 2006
  • Having fun with SPAM!
    13 Oct 2006
  • Migrate SQLite3 to MySQL easily
    13 Oct 2006
  • Tagging in ajax_scaffold
    13 Oct 2006
  • Easily create a FavIcon online!
    10 Oct 2006
  • Generate a SQlite-based Rails app
    10 Oct 2006
  • Hi-Res Wallpapers for your MacBook!
    10 Oct 2006
  • Top 5 DVDs you must have
    10 Oct 2006
  • Welcome to Ariejan.net
    9 Oct 2006
Ariejan de Vroom

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Ariejan de Vroom is a seasoned software engineer, writing from the trenches, sharing pragmatic take-aways for fellow developers.

When he’s not architecting backend systems, you’ll find him playing bass guitar, restoring his 1994 VW Golf Mk3 Cabrio, or out on family adventures and hiking with his standard poodle Nova.

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