Blogs

  • 31 Jan 2012

    How to check if object can be destroyed if it has dependent: restrict associations

    Rails provides several handy options for specifying how to deal with associated models upon deletion, for example: class Blog has_many :posts, :dependent => :destroy end The destroy value for the dependent option will call the … more

  • 2 Dec 2011

    Default request parameters in Rails functional tests

    I was looking for an easy way to force every request in a functional test in Rails to use a set of parameters by default, regardless of being specified explicitly. This is, every time I … more

  • 21 Sep 2011

    InSTEDD at Pacific Endeavor 2011

    Pacific Endeavor is a humanitarian communication workshop, organized by the US Pacific Command, which brings together military representatives from all SE Asia, NGOs and industry leaders. Its main goal is to improve the multi-national communications … more

  • 7 Sep 2011

    Using xmpp for mocking SMS channel in Nuntium

    For those of you not familiar with it, Nuntium is an open-source tool we developed together with InSTEDD for easily building applications that rely on SMS for communication. Even though several other kinds of channels … more

  • 15 Jun 2011

    Reuse code, not user experience

    Let’s face it: as a developer, I’m lazy. I just want to write just enough code. What is more, I want to reuse it whenever possible. I want it to be abstract. If I’m asked to … more

  • 5 Jun 2011

    Thesis in Computer Science

    After a long time, I have finally finished my thesis to get the MSc in Computer Science degree, from FCEN UBA. It has been almost a year since I started working in the thesis in … more