Ryan Twomey

Check out @cwalcott’s latest screencast on UIAlertView Styles in iOS...

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:14:56 -0400

Check out @cwalcott’s latest screencast on UIAlertView Styles in iOS 5 http://t.co/YGsL1PcI

Follow up to yesterday’s tutorial on Core Location: how to use an NSTimer to prevent run-away...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:58:35 -0400

Follow up to yesterday’s tutorial on Core Location: how to use an NSTimer to prevent run-away updates http://t.co/egC402rY

Just posted a tutorial on CoreLocation in iOS for iOSDevNotes http://t.co/8at1xthj

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:55:45 -0400

Just posted a tutorial on CoreLocation in iOS for iOSDevNotes http://t.co/8at1xthj

RT @qrush: Extreme commenting, or, how not to write code: http://t.co/VhwGnzTb

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:25:54 -0400

RT @qrush: Extreme commenting, or, how not to write code: http://t.co/VhwGnzTb

Let’s Build NSAutoreleasePool - cocoaheads: http://t.co/iPkcT8N

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 03:34:17 -0400

Let’s Build NSAutoreleasePool - cocoaheads: http://t.co/iPkcT8N

Let's Build NSAutoreleasePool

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:54:17 -0400

Let's Build NSAutoreleasePool:

cocoaheads:

It’s that time again: time for more programming craziness. Dallas Brown suggested that I talk about how NSAutoreleasePool works behind the scenes. I decided that the best way to do that would be to simply reimplement it, and that is what I’ll discuss today.

Want: Pocket Chain Saw http://t.co/btPiBy8

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:44:01 -0400

Want: Pocket Chain Saw http://t.co/btPiBy8

RT @engadget: SETI comes back from the financial dead, gets a check from Jodie Foster...

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 00:53:06 -0400

RT @engadget: SETI comes back from the financial dead, gets a check from Jodie Foster http://engt.co/nTdfz7

Lion spaces is going to be very had to get used to. Liking just about everything else though.

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:56:51 -0400

Lion spaces is going to be very had to get used to. Liking just about everything else though.

“@technoweenie: en(n+)d is amazing: http://t.co/Y5tu4a3” I really don’t like this proposal.

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:35:10 -0400

“@technoweenie: en(n+)d is amazing: http://t.co/Y5tu4a3” I really don’t like this proposal.

Why has it taken me this long to switch from bash to zsh? http://t.co/mXrqxSt

Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:12:27 -0400

Why has it taken me this long to switch from bash to zsh? http://t.co/mXrqxSt

Finding myself clicking the tops of windows hoping it will scroll to the top.

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 07:20:38 -0400

Finding myself clicking the tops of windows hoping it will scroll to the top.

Namespacing models in Rails 3 using autoload_paths

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:42:14 -0400

When working in a Rails app with lots of models, I’m often tempted to clean things up by namespacing. A project I’m currently working on has some 54 models and that number will only increase.

The problem with namespacing is that it introduces a lot of additional ugliness in the models. You have to change the class names and include :class_name attributes in order to find all associations.

A better way seemed to be using Rails 3’s autoload_paths. For instance, if I organized my models into a bunch of subdirectories, then I could do something like the following in my environment.rb file:

config.autoload_paths += %W("#{Rails.root}/app/models/**/**")

This works great when in the production environment, but not in development. Whenever loading an association, I would get something along the lines of “Expected … to define …”. I suspect the issue is Rails reloading models on-demand, and getting confused. In production, all the models are loaded once.

I don’t have a solution yet, unfortunately.

RT @dhh: The Groupon financials are really disappointing :(. I thought they were making money hand...

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 05:03:41 -0400

RT @dhh: The Groupon financials are really disappointing :(. I thought they were making money hand over fist. But they’re loosing $100M+ …

Long past time to eliminate software patents. Unfortunately, Congress’ proposed...

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 06:15:09 -0400

Long past time to eliminate software patents. Unfortunately, Congress’ proposed “reforms” will likely compound issues. http://t.co/gOahv1F

And in other news, Twitter continues its crusade against 3rd-party developers....

Tue, 31 May 2011 16:30:11 -0400

And in other news, Twitter continues its crusade against 3rd-party developers. http://pulsene.ws/1MFrG

Why does Xcode 4 not automatically add the appid to entitlements? Xcode 3 did it right.

Sun, 29 May 2011 08:33:48 -0400

Why does Xcode 4 not automatically add the appid to entitlements? Xcode 3 did it right.

Go #Bruins!

Sat, 28 May 2011 09:41:44 -0400

Go #Bruins!

So tired of the buzzword “consume”. It’s often used incorrectly and there’s...

Thu, 26 May 2011 13:47:49 -0400

So tired of the buzzword “consume”. It’s often used incorrectly and there’s almost always a better word to use instead.

NASA to Abandon Mars Spirit Rover http://pulsene.ws/1IEj9

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:21:28 -0400

NASA to Abandon Mars Spirit Rover http://pulsene.ws/1IEj9