Dan Ahern

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05 Oct, 2008

Tech Demo

Posted by: danahern In: database| mac| projects| ruby

So in preparation for Rails Rumble I’ve been researching a lot of sexy little plugins.  We have also had a need to test this plugins to make sure they’ll work not just locally but in a shared hosting environment (the first time you get burned and spend an entire weekend, 16 hours, trying to figure [...]

13 Aug, 2008

On Environs

Posted by: danahern In: projects| ruby

This app was tricky in two ways. First it was the first real Facebook app I have done, which meant there was a large learning curve as things that work just fine with a regular Rails site some times just don’t work with Facebook. Ajax and JavaScript in particular are completely different, and require [...]

07 Aug, 2008

On Kiobo

Posted by: danahern In: projects| ruby

So after a good long while in development and being kept under wraps I’m finally able to write about the newest big project I’ve been a part of, Kiobo.  Kiobo’s goal is:
Kiobo helps users enrich their browsing experience by making browsing a more social activity. We enable users to explore and leverage their social graph’s [...]



  • mikhailov: It was great event for us, because give the time together, expirience and joy with rails. Thanks to the railsrumble!
  • Maverick Conceptions » Blog Archive » Rumble 2008… What I Learned: [...] and administration, neither which would have helped us achieve our goal in anyway. Dan wrote a great article outline the work he did before hand
  • mikhailov: This event was unique! Participation in this competition has given me the knowledge and skills in programming

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By day, I'm the Lead Developer for a small startup. By night, I'm writing social applications and managing development for Powered By Geek.