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Last week Gregg Pollack and Jason Seifer (the fake Steve Bristol), AKA the Rails Envy guys launched a new site called Ruby Heroes. The idea behind the site is to recognize people in the Ruby/Rails world who contribute but are not well known. Please go and nominate someone you believe in. I want to talk about some of my local heroes: The folks at Hashrocket.
Hashrocket is a Rails company here in Jacksonville, FL that does high-end website consulting/development. They are lead by the famous Obie Fernandez (made famous by The Obie and Steve Show). They are big believers in testing, communication and insist on a high level of excellence. If anyone needs a website done, I can not recommend them enough.
Haskrocket is growing at an amazing pace, so there are a lot of great people there. I would like to introduce you to a few of the Rocketeers:
Desi McAdam
Desi is one of the kindest, sweetest, most considerate people you would ever have the privilege to know. Along with being and ace developer she runs the Dev Chix.
Jim Remsik Jr. – “Big Tiger”
Tiger is kind of the strong silent type, so every one of his words has a bit more weight than if it came from anyone else. He is smart and thoughtful with a deadpan delivery that might leave you wondering why everyone else is laughing. He blogs at Invisible foil hats and shows off his camera talents on his flickr page (I have the distinction of having given Tiger his nickname.)
Jon Larkowski – “l4rk”
L4rk is a great developer with a really good sense of when to cheat the code and when not to cheat. He has his own sense of programming excellence and the rare ability to see the forest, the trees, the leaves and the mountain at the same time. He is fun to be around and has a bitting humor will make you laugh at yourself again and again when you repeat his comments later.
Sandro Turriate – “The Dro”
Sandro is a fairly new convert to Rails. He has been programming in Python/Django for a while but we have all converted/brainwashed/forced/pushed/convinced/manipulated/tricked him to leave the dark side and join us in the Light. Before joining Hashrocket, Sandro helped me out of a jam by doing a few weeks of sweeper work (bug fixes and little stuff) on a big project. He is a stand up guy well deserving of all the good things in life.
Haskrocket is filled with smart, talented people. They can do anything you need and you will not regret using them on your next project.
I want another episode of the Obie and Steve Show…