When You Have To Prove The Value

Ruby On Rails Is A Breakthrough In Lowering The Barriers Of Entry To Programming. Powerful Web Applications That Formerly Might Have Taken Weeks Or Months To Develop Can Be Produced In A Matter Of Days.

It's A Great Discipline To Have To Report To Somebody, Even If You're The Sole Owner

My Basic Belief Is You Need To Ride The Horse In The Direction That It's Going.

Programming Is How We Talk To The Machines That Are Increasingly Woven Into Our Lives. If You Aren't A Programmer, You're Like One Of The Unlettered People Of The Middle Ages Who Were Told What To Think By The Literate Priesthood. We Had A Renaissance When More People Could Read And Write; We'll Have Another One When Everyone Programs.

Web 2.0 Is The Business Revolution In The Computer Industry Caused By The Move To The Internet As Platform, And An Attempt To Understand The Rules For Success On That New Platform.