Below you’ll find a quick stream of consciousness that includes photos, quotes, code snippets, and possibly even a full post. enjoy! Tumblr (3.0; @barinek)http://www.barinek.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5ptvrK5Xu1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>best front 9 during a major…</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/824590885http://www.barinek.com/post/824590885Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:55:00 -0600golf<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3uylyxYTH1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>chicago</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/687419235http://www.barinek.com/post/687419235Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:17:58 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3hr2mjf7v1qz4ve8o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>bolder boulder</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/663274672http://www.barinek.com/post/663274672Fri, 04 Jun 2010 07:13:04 -0600<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l23unkvf3t1qz4ve8o1_250.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://boulderstartupweek.com">boulder startup week</a></p>http://www.barinek.com/post/581399786http://www.barinek.com/post/581399786Sat, 08 May 2010 08:23:00 -0600<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="swf12727549591" data="http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player.swf" width="400" height="237"><param name="swliveconnect" value="default" /><param name="play" value="true" /><param name="loop" value="true" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="quality" value="autohigh" /><param name="scale" value="exactfit" /><param name="align" value="default" /><param name="salign" value="t" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="version" value="7" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="height" value="380" /><param name="width" value="640" /><param name="base" value="http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/" /><param name="src" value="http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/all/modules/swftools/shared/flash_media_player/player.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="image=http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/media_thumbnails/tcd9050110a11f768.jpg&accessible_visible=1&width=640&height=380&file=http://d3b4lt1s53xf6k.cloudfront.net/sites/kentuckyderby.com/files/media/tcd9050110a11f768.flv" /></object><br/><br/><p>Kentucky Derby 136 Race Replay</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/564567725http://www.barinek.com/post/564567725Sat, 01 May 2010 20:11:00 -0600<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1rtvw8Bdt1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>5K at boulder reservoir</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/564613934http://www.barinek.com/post/564613934Sun, 18 Apr 2010 16:08:00 -0600<a href="http://nosql.mypopescu.com/">http://nosql.mypopescu.com/</a>http://www.barinek.com/post/502406859http://www.barinek.com/post/502406859Tue, 06 Apr 2010 22:49:00 -0600nosql<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l09okipl7j1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>pivotal labs at avery</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/491790633http://www.barinek.com/post/491790633Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:50:42 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l09nzvIp3W1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>pivotal labs at twisted pine</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/491771648http://www.barinek.com/post/491771648Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:38:00 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l09nt6HXvs1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>pivotal labs brewery tour</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/491765783http://www.barinek.com/post/491765783Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:34:18 -0600<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzl3x1wIxY1qz4ve8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>blue bottle drip at home</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/461017887http://www.barinek.com/post/461017887Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:22:13 -0600Here’s a Ruby example for unit testing Net::HTTP posts with Mocha <p><script src="http://gist.github.com/338700.js?file=Net%3A%3AHTTP+Mock"></script></p> <p>Here is a link to Mocha <a href="http://mocha.rubyforge.org/">mocha.rubyforge.org</a> </p>http://www.barinek.com/post/461051025http://www.barinek.com/post/461051025Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:12:00 -0600rubymocha<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz6skzvXRQ1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New <a href="http://www.pivotallabs.com">http://www.pivotallabs.com</a> boulder practice</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/443876975http://www.barinek.com/post/443876975Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:50:00 -0700If you’re thinking about starting a software project, here’s the recipe that I’ve been giving people. <h3>Have complete visibility into your feature backlog</h3> <p>(i.e. what is happening with your software) </p> <p>Use a tool like Pivotal Tracker. Have 1 week iterations. Include features, chores, and bugs and assign points to each feature. Work should be getting done (i.e. stories should be marked completed. have a weekly point total). If work isn’t getting done (i.e. point count is low for an iteration), this is a ‘smell’ that something might be going wrong. </p> <h3>Own your source code</h3> <p>Sign up for an account on GitHub and give collaborator access to developers. Developers may move on or off the project, but you’ll always own the code base. </p> <h3>Own your Continuous Integration, Review, and Production environments</h3> <p>Sign up for an account on Engine Yard, Amazon, or similar. You should plan for 3 environments, Continuous Integration (CI), Review, and Production. You’ll accept stories in the review environment and push tagged releases to production. The ci environment is described in more detail below. </p> <h3>Automate your review and production environment</h3> <p>Give your hosting credentials (engine yard, amazon, etc.) to your developers. They should be able to deploy to review or production within minutes (not hours). </p> <h3>Write tests and setup a continuous integration environment</h3> <p>Tests are essential for describing application features and intentions within the code base. Tests are essential for knowledge transfer between developers (it’s unlikely that you’ll have the same developer on the project at all times). Tests give you the confidence to change production direction without breaking or rewriting the entire code base. Without tests, you should quit now. (This is especially true for interpreted languages like ruby). Test drive. </p> <h3>Eliminate technical risk</h3> <p>Don’t let bad technology choices effect your startup, there are plenty of risks out there. Find a team that will guarantee minimal technical risk. There’s a huge difference in developer skill sets theses days. Find a great team and pay them well. </p>http://www.barinek.com/post/443684939http://www.barinek.com/post/443684939Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:22:00 -0700startups<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyqlj4GXne1qz4ve8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pivotal at New Tech Boulder</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/425374882http://www.barinek.com/post/425374882Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:57:04 -0700<a href="http://bit.ly/info/90MWbp">pivotal labs is hiring in boulder</a>http://www.barinek.com/post/421251980http://www.barinek.com/post/421251980Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:50:00 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlKZRlFwC4Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlKZRlFwC4Y&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>back in the day…</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/414611486http://www.barinek.com/post/414611486Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:04:00 -0700<p>Here’s a simple comet client that I’ve been using to test <a href="http://www.localhash.com"><a href="http://www.localhash.com">www.localhash.com</a></a></p> <p><script src="http://gist.github.com/300837.js?file=simple+comet+client"></script></p>http://www.barinek.com/post/387200319http://www.barinek.com/post/387200319Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:41:17 -0700rubycomet<p>Here’s a snippet of Gnip Classic Java. Sometime in 2009 we were filtering 150,000,000 activities per day, almost 2000 per second, all flowing through the below method. </p> <p><script src="http://gist.github.com/290799.js?file=gnip+classic+sauce"></script><!-- <p>Now all of our activities flow through this function and will very likely exceed 150,000,000 activities per day. <p><script src="http://gist.github.com/296947.js"></script> --></p>http://www.barinek.com/post/374631173http://www.barinek.com/post/374631173Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:22:00 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxc73kvjtA1qz4ve8o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘87 land cruiser</p>http://www.barinek.com/post/371108409http://www.barinek.com/post/371108409Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:49:00 -0700