Michael Herold

Have you ever been tempted to subclass a core class like Hash or String? Or have you read blog posts about why you shouldn’t do that, but been left confused as to the specifics? As a maintainer of Hashie, a gem that commits this exact sin, I’m here to tell you why you want to reach for other tools instead of the subclass.

So you have something new to sell: maybe your first book or a hip new SaaS. How do you decide the price? How do you know you’re not overpricing? Or underpricing? Why, oh why, did you ever think to sell something?!