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The Rails framework and culture offer a well-developed set of plug-ins and patterns for the authentication of users and the authorization of their actions. These are great for more sophisticated enterprise and social applications - but as a hobbyist, my own apps don't tend to need a database full of users and roles. Typically the only user I care about authenticating is me, for write access to content that everyone else should view read-only without any hassle. I want something very lightweight.

Here's one solution. )

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"As a long-serving test-driven developer, I want to understand how behavior-driven development differs, so that I can decide whether or not to join the revolution."
An e-mail conversation with Liz Keogh exploring BDD from a TDD perspective. )

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I'd like to draw attention to a pleasant way to implement the view in MVC web apps that is emerging in suitably reflective and dynamic frameworks. So good I named it, twice... )

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