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David Heinemeier Hansson, Software Contrarian (CoRecursive Podcast)
Since November 2019 my day job has involved working on a “Majestic Monolith” coded in Ruby on Rails. I loved this conversation with Rails’ creator DHH in which he speaks with great passion and makes interesting points about finding a programming language that speaks to you; why single page apps and microservices are not for him; and how our working days have too many interruptions.
My first Christmas working at FreeAgent. Strong Christmas Jumper game!

Chicago 2018

I just made a first visit to Chicago. It was primarily to attend An Event Apart but I was lucky enough to have a little time to check out the city, too.
Firstly I want to thank all the friends who provided tips for things to do and see in The Windy City – Aleks, Susan, Jenny, Lucy, Alan and Karen, Collette etc – cheers!
Thanks also to Davie for jetting in from NYC to join me and Liam for a couple of days. I doff my cap to your knowledge of beautifully designed restaurants with really expensive menus 😉.
I also got the chance to catch up with old friend Nick Calingaert AKA Common Factor, a lovely guy and talented producer who DJed for me and my friends at a couple of our club nights back in the early 00s.
We only had a few days, but I felt we managed to cram in some good stuff. Here’s a summary of the highlights.
Eating out #
- Swift & Sons
- Momataro
- Chicago Athletic Club (with its appropriately posh tag-line “Dine and Libate”…)
Bars #
Record Shopping #
- Gramaphone Records
- Dusty Groove
- Shuga Records, 1272 N. Milwaukee Ave
- Reckless Records
Cool Neighbourhoods #
Culture / History #
Things to do #
And if we’d had more time… #
Rubadub App
Rubadub have a new mobile app that delivers the RaD crew’s top vinyl recommendations (the best around) direct to your phone.
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