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Web startups boot strapping themselves are all the rage.  Every few weeks someone approaches me with a new idea.  The implementation plans for the venture are almost always identical.

• web application
• open source framework, usually Ruby on Rails, sometimes PHP
• free database, almost always MySQL
• cloud hosting
• small group of guys, typically people who have made money at a previous venture
• no salaries, just equity

Inspirations for these companies are places such 37signals, Wufoo, Plentyoffish and World of Goo.

I enjoy hearing the ideas and almost joined one venture.  But in the end none have been compelling enough for me to risk 6 to 12 months of income.  Hopefully I’ll think of one on my own.

ATG Development

• For JBoss ATG standalone applications the CLASSPATH is set in ATG.ear/atg_bootstrap_ejb.jar/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF. #
• When setting up your ATG module’s MANIFEST.MF the ATG-Required property should list the modules in the order you would for the CLASSPATH. #
• Turning on Secure for ATG Applications « betweenGo. It’s pretty simple, enable the ProtocolSwitchServlet. http://bit.ly/a7DHen #
• Load ATG Order « betweenGo. Programmatically do this using the OrderManager. http://bit.ly/load-atg-order #
• ATG Confirm Password User Bug in ProfileFormHandler « betweenGo. Talking to ATG Support about it. http://bit.ly/atg-confirm-pwd-bug #
• ATG Community: ATG REST Web Services Technical Training Presentation: http://bit.ly/f5ZfhA Pretty cool, useful for mobile applications. #
• Turning On Debug in JBoss « betweenGo http://bit.ly/ePcUNV JBoss makes it easy to attach a debugger like Eclipse for happy bug fixing. # 

ATG Buys Oracle

• Oracle buys ATG for $1 billion | silicon.com. Why didn’t this happen when I worked there? http://bit.ly/9Dh02a #
• ATG Swept Up in Oracle Spending Spree. ATG customers nervous. Oracle has bad rep supporting its acquisitions’ customers http://bit.ly/dgUgWT #
• ATG’ s official page about its pending acquisition by Oracle. Includes letters from management and an FAQ. http://bit.ly/dkMuMD #

VNC

• I tried TigerVNC, @TightVNC, @UltraVNC for connecting to my iMac from my Windows XP laptop. TigerVNC seems the fastest http://bit.ly/9EGUS0 #
• Is UltraVNC a virus/adware/malware/spyware? I kept getting a dial-up connection popping up until I removed UltraVNC. #

Miscellaneous

• WordPress › WP-reCAPTCHA « WordPress Plugins. Forced to install because of spam that gets past Akismet. http://bit.ly/dCChoh #
• Developing and Monetizing a Niche Website » My Money Blog http://bit.ly/fEQizu Big Adsense ads, sell products, Amazon affiliates, direct ads #
• The JCP Is Dead – Jim’s Ramblings "Java Community Process" http://bit.ly/fCkISY Apache leaves Java Community Process. Bad bad bad news. #
• Why ‘Anonymous’ failed to take down Amazon over WikiLeaks – Dec. 9, 2010 http://bit.ly/i8CE25 #
• I just got a $5 credit for movies and TV shows @amazonvideo. Click http://amzn.to/hh8gTP to get yours. #get5 #

PHP

• Disallowed Key Characters – CodeIgniter Error | Snaver.net Blog. Excellent way to debug it, should be part of library. http://bit.ly/bVkRF6 #
• Wiki | CodeIgniter – mod rewrite. This article explains how to take away “index.php” from your CI application URLs. http://bit.ly/bpfL8z #

SQL

• The Rhodium Toad » Selecting random rows from a table. High performance, very smart. http://bit.ly/cj9b8D #
• Multi Column Indices in PostgreSQL. Pretty cool. http://bit.ly/aQ8NOO #

ATG

• ATG Log Error from JSP Page « betweenGo. How to log an error to the @ATG server log from a JSP page. http://bit.ly/atg-log-error-jsp #

Unix

• .bash_profile vs .bashrc. On the Mac .bash_profile is called for each terminal window so there isn’t a reason for both. http://bit.ly/aWqsW9 #

Java

• Write simpler equals & hashCode Java methods using EqualsBuilder & HashCodeBuilder from Apache Commons http://bit.ly/8XiB2j #

• Clear Text On Input Field On Click | ErumMunir.com. Sometimes JavaScript is just fun. http://bit.ly/c6D7cR #

• Set ATG Property And Popup Window After Clicking on Link. There's the wrong way, the brute force way and the right way. http://bit.ly/9H6P0p #

• Ignore Files and Directories in Subversion. A little bit of a pain but it works. http://bit.ly/99GLxk #
• How to Achieve Painless Registration. Getting people to register is always bedeviling for web application developers. http://bit.ly/9AJqmg #

Ruby on Rails

• Numeric data types and zerofill. Explains what all those int(11) columns are in your Ruby on Rails tables. http://bit.ly/9Tcf7q #
• undefined local variable or method "acts_as_list"? – Ruby Forum. Do ruby script/plugin install acts_as_list http://bit.ly/9kFWbG #
• ruby on rails : adding child records to an existing parent without visiting the parent – Stack Overflow http://bit.ly/cQiGSP #
• Multi-Table Inheritance in Rails – When two tables are one… This is not easy and I wish it was. http://bit.ly/9fbzgk #
• has_many :through – count vs length vs size. Use count if u don’t want to load the contents of association into memory. http://bit.ly/dtqXe1 #
• A gentle reminder about pluralizations. config/initializers/inflections.rb to customize pluralizations in Ruby on Rails http://bit.ly/bN9GO5 #
• Ruby on Rails – Rails Migrations Cheatsheet – Dizzy. Pretty helpful. http://bit.ly/9wNvRx #
• RailsGuides Migrations. Nice guide, especially about explaining the naming convention which I don’t like. http://bit.ly/cjZ7aB #

ATG

• Configuring ATG to Send Email via Comcast SMTP – betweenGo. Configuring your ATG app to use your ISP’s SMTP server. http://bit.ly/7M5bhx #
• Enabling non-XA Resources in JBoss 4.2 with ATG – betweenGo. http://bit.ly/aDN3Po #
• Combining XML in ATG – betweenGo. Combining XML files not as straight-forward as w/ properties files but more flexible. http://bit.ly/8kVwvA Jan 12 12:00 PM

Eclipse

• Debugging Applications in IBM Rational Application Developer. Page 12 for how to set up server for debugging. http://bit.ly/aaYUHb #

JavaScript

• How can I submit a form along with some parameters using JavaScript? (JSF forum at JavaRanch). Answer #3 was helpful. http://bit.ly/b17ymm #

JSP

• Testing Which Page Loaded your JSP Page Fragment – betweenGo. Simple enough to do w/ JSTL but I always forget how. http://bit.ly/cEh7IZ #

Miscellaneous

• Cygwin 1.7.x, mounts and /etc/fstab – betweenGo. Mounts are no longer saved from session to session in Cygwin 1.7. http://bit.ly/bmaYEu #
• Git in 5 Minutes http://bit.ly/bSt3dd and Git for the lazy – Spheriki http://bit.ly/aefD17 #
• The Thing About Git. Nice article describing how flexible Git is, especially compared to SVN. I may never use SVN again http://bit.ly/bD0tuS #
• I use DreamHost and am shamelessly plugging them both for a referral and to try to win an iPad. Honestly they’re great. http://bit.ly/ctYv3Z #

• Undefined – betweenGo. Turns out there are at least two ways to determine if something is undefined in JavaScript. http://bit.ly/4Q98X5 #
• NullPointerException in ATG OrderDiscountCalculator – betweenGo. Fortunately fix was simple. Notifying @atg_support. http://bit.ly/84iTKB #

• ATG Date Tag Converter is Buggy because Java’s DateFormat are inherently unsafe for multithreaded use. http://bit.ly/4VmN3l #
• Covariant Return Types in Java – betweenGo. It is nice to be able to override the return type. http://bit.ly/51JpAt #
• JavaServer Pages (JSP) and JSTL – attribute items does not accept any expressions. I was getting this because wrong URI http://bit.ly/5j5b3I #

• Seth’s Blog: “What do you need me to do?” Seth says it’s not good to ask that, better instead to describe solutions. http://bit.ly/34q59p #
• Version Control with Subversion. Undoing changes or rolling back to a previous version. Very simple. http://bit.ly/h0iOD #