links for 2008-01-28

by grant on January 28, 2008

Coding Horror: What Can You Build in 600 Lines of Code?

37signals went live with a product they built in 579 lines of code. You read that right, not 60,000 or 600,000 but instead a commercial project written in less than 600 lines of Ruby code. When I first saw this number I was incredulous — I’ve written sto

(tags: programming software development rubyonrails)
Coding Horror: The Five Browser Shortcuts Everyone Should Know

While you’re reading, press the middle mouse button (the “mouse wheel” button) to open related links in a new tab. The links will open in a new tab in the background, so they don’t interrupt the flow of what you’re doing.

(tags: browser productivity)

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- Tiny apartment shows the value of a good fit
  "I tend to like things in their place."
- Radical Opacity
  Christopher Poole created 4chan, an online community where people are free to be wrong. Now big investors want a piece of his ideas.
- Arithmetic and Butter
  Perhaps all scientists hope for accidental discoveries. I seem to be the first to use a research strategy that relies on accidental discoveries.
- SWFTOOLS
  SWFTools is a collection of utilities for working with Adobe Flash files (SWF files). The tool collection includes programs for reading SWF files, combining them, and creating them from other content (like images, sound files, videos or sourcecode). SWFTools is released under the GPL.
- Getting in (and Out of) Line - NYTimes.com
  As with lines over scrums, markets have much to offer over lines. They are more efficient. They work well for those fortunate enough to have more disposable money than free time. They mop up much of the daily agony of waiting.