ruby on rails – Silicon Florist

Looking for some Ruby on Rails help? Railsdevs are standing by

Rick Turoczy on January 19, 2022

Finding talent is hard. Finding tech talent can be downright impossible. But if you’re in the market for a Ruby on Rails developer, a new local resource may be able to help ease the struggle. Meet railsdevs.

Category: Oregon, Portland, Startups
Tag: Developer, Developers, Job, job board, Jobs, jobseekers, Rails, ruby, ruby on rails

If you listen to one podcast this week, make it this one

Rick Turoczy on November 18, 2019

You know how sometimes things on the Internet just blow up in the most positive of ways? And every so often, a Portland person gets inextricably tied to the ongoings in a way that not only furthers the conversations, but genuinely reflects the amazing caliber of founders that we have in our midst? Well that’s what happened late last week with a tweetstorm from David Heinemeier Hansson, the creator of Ruby on Rails and cofounder of Basecamp (nee 37signals) about the Apple Card credit selection algorithm. And Portland founder Mara Zepeda wound up as part of the conversation.

Category: Oregon, Podcasts, Portland
Tag: Apple, basecamp, dhh, mara zepeda, Podcast, rework, ron wyden, ruby, ruby on rails, wyden

Rails Boxcar hitched to a new company: Tacoma group acquires Planet Argon Ruby on Rails hosting

And while I love all Portland and Silicon Forest projects equally, those first couple of projects I covered will always hold a special place in my heart. So today’s news that Rails Boxcar was headed north to Tacoma got my attention.

Rick Turoczy on August 12, 2009

Roughly two years ago—along about the time I launched Silicon Florist—Portland-based Planet Argon was launching a project of their own: a hosting service for Ruby on Rails apps called Rails Boxcar.

Category: Acquisitions, Oregon, PlanetArgon, Portland, Rails, RailsBoxcar, Ruby, Tacoma, Washington
Tag: acquire, planet argon, Rails, rails boxcar, ruby on rails, Tacoma