Zed Shaw
Zed Shaw | |
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 Shaw in Montreal, 2008 | |
| Website | http://zedshaw.com/ |
Zed A. Shaw is a software developer most commonly known for creating the Mongrel web server for Ruby web applications,[1] as well as his articles on technology, business, and technical communities. His most famous and well-covered piece was his article called "Rails is a Ghetto",[2][3] which has since been removed from his site, likely due to the backlash caused by its level of abrasiveness and its confrontational nature.[4]
Software
Shaw is the original writer of the Mongrel web server for Ruby web applications. Mongrel was the first web server used by Twitter, and inspired Node.js according to Ryan Dahl [5].
Speaking
- Zed spoke at CUSEC 2008. His talk, The ACL is Dead, covers how to survive in a corporation while highlighting the shortcomings of ACLs.
References
- ^ O'Reilly interview with Zed Shaw regarding Mongrel
- ^ Michael Arrington of TechCrunch talks about the Zed Shaw post that everyone is talking about
- ^ The Register covers Zed Shaw's declaration against his own Rails community
- ^ Zed Shaw's note about removing his famous rant from his site
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAc0vQCC6UQ&feature=player_embedded