Haphazard software engineer. https://speakerdeck.com/mudge 2012-05-08 09:45:37 -0400 A workshop on user story mapping first given at the end of February 2019. A workshop on user story mapping first given at the end of February 2019. Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0500 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/do-you-really-need-breakfast https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/do-you-really-need-breakfast A brief explanation of the HyperLogLog algorithm for estimating the cardinality of large sets given at the Drover Ruby Meetup on Wednesday, 28th November 2018. A brief explanation of the HyperLogLog algorithm for estimating the cardinality of large sets given at the Drover Ruby Meetup on Wednesday, 28th November 2018. Wed, 28 Nov 2018 00:00:00 -0500 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/hyperloglog-in-15-minutes https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/hyperloglog-in-15-minutes A look at how some "odd syntax" introduced in Rails 1.1 and then added to Ruby itself might not solely be for the sake of convenience but hint at a more powerful idea seen in other programming languages. Presented at the March 2015 London Ruby User Group. A look at how some "odd syntax" introduced in Rails 1.1 and then added to Ruby itself might not solely be for the sake of convenience but hint at a more powerful idea seen in other programming languages. Presented at the March 2015 London Ruby User Group. Mon, 09 Mar 2015 00:00:00 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/exploring-number-to-proc https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/exploring-number-to-proc Presented at Vim London, a look at how to test-drive Vim plugins using the Vimrunner Ruby gem. Presented at Vim London, a look at how to test-drive Vim plugins using the Vimrunner Ruby gem. Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/testing-vimscript-with-vimrunner https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/testing-vimscript-with-vimrunner An internal lightning talk about configuration management with Puppet presented at Nature Technlogy & Production Lightning Talks in April 2011. An internal lightning talk about configuration management with Puppet presented at Nature Technlogy & Production Lightning Talks in April 2011. Tue, 08 May 2012 10:12:19 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/configuration-management-with-puppet https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/configuration-management-with-puppet A Learning Lunch presentation about writing C extensions for Ruby. A Learning Lunch presentation about writing C extensions for Ruby. Tue, 08 May 2012 06:40:30 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/extending-ruby-with-c https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/extending-ruby-with-c A presentation I did at the August 2011 meeting of the London Ruby User Group. A presentation I did at the August 2011 meeting of the London Ruby User Group. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400 https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/managing-web-application-servers-with-puppet https://speakerdeck.com/mudge/managing-web-application-servers-with-puppet