DeWitt Clinton

I didn’t get any coding done over the holiday weekend on the new project, though I did make some progress deciding what needs to be coded. That’s probably a good thing. That is unless it is an indicator of insurmountable inertia.
My first problem was a little sad. I couldn’t pick the codenames [...]

I just wanted to cover a handful of miscellaneous details regarding the new project. Each of these has the possibility to be a bit contentious, so I’ll try to outline my reasoning the best I can.
Source Control: Having a source control system implies that there will indeed be source code, so the [...]

Well, perhaps it wasn’t exactly an epiphany, but something just clicked about the new project while I was driving to work the other day.
The whole project has been going well so far. I like the strict separation of the client from the server. I like that the web services approach will allow other [...]

Based on some questions that were raised, I realized that there is still some confusion regarding the user authentication model. This is good, as it got me to thinking more about the problem, and I want to reopen it here in case anyone has a better suggestion.
Starting from the top, one thing that almost [...]

New and improved! The migration of unto.net to longer-term servers is almost done. I ended up going with John Companies thanks to the advice of Matthew and Brett. Basically it is another VPS host, but this one is more than enough to power this little site, and will be enough to launch [...]

I am now just over a week into the development of an experimental new project. The project is, on the surface, to build a new type of Wiki. But really, the project is about the development process itself and a new way of thinking about software development. In fact, because of [...]

I’m not sure I even know if I want to write about this issue. For one, it is probably nothing. And two, this is my career — it is a small community, and I bear no ill will toward anyone in it. I’m not suggesting anyone in particular is at fault. [...]

As everyone has already mentioned, Google just flipped the switch on what people are calling My Google. Jeremy Zawodny’s commentary is particularly interesting, as is John Battelle’s.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve written a few things about Google’s search history. While some of this has been critical, I certainly praise and understand [...]

Growth is good. Particularly when you are talking about the number of people that are reading your website. In the case of unto net, that number has been growing consistently over the past year or two. Occasionally there are surges when big sites pick up on stories, such as the one about [...]

[This is a continuation of part 5 of a series of articles on transparently building a new web application.]
I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t fully understand REST. I’ve read and reread Fielding’s dissertation. I’ve read most of the top web search results on REST. But still there are questions [...]