etd’s Dos and Dont’s

In this article I want to discuss a way of storing and retrieving the configuration settings of a ruby application. The first thing you need to decide is whether you want to store your settings in a database, a XML file, a YAML,…

Since this is not an easy choice we can mitigate the impact of making the decision upfront by doing some interface based design.

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I have just arrived from Black Hat Europe 2008 in Amsterdam (this one, not this one). It has been a cool experience, not exactly what I expected but really interesting.

Briefings were held during the 27^th and 28^th of March, and the presentations are available for download. If you want to see what the chef recommends just keep reading…

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