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You have reached Fabio Cevasco’s web site. I am a full-time technical writer living and working in Genoa, Italy. In my free time, I enjoy reading and writing about IT-related topics and programming in different programming language, especially Ruby. This web site is a collection of my works, both in writing and coding, and it currently features 124 articles and 4 projects.

My articles cover a wide range of topics, ranging from Ruby programming to software and book reviews, web development and even travelling. This web site does not have a main theme, therefore if you want to keep up-to-date about a particular topic, simply subscribe to a specific tag feed.

I update this site regularly, but not every day (and maybe not every week): I only write a new article when I have something important to write about. For more frivolous, extemporaneous stuff feel free to have a look at my blog, which is updated more frequently.

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Latest Articles

Book Review: Refactoring – Ruby Edition

A review of Refactoring: Ruby Edition, Jay Fields, Shane Harvie, Martin Fowler and Kent Beck. A good book to have for Ruby professionals and conscientious hobbyists.

Book Review: The Merb Way

A review of “The Merb Way”, by Foy Savas. This book dives deep the framework, and can be really helpful to those interested in understanding more about Merb – or about developing any modular application in Ruby.

herald.vim 0.2.1 released

Minor changes to the herald color scheme for Vim.

JournoTwit – The best way to organize your tweets

A review of JournoTwit, a minimalist but feature-packed Twitter client able to help you organizing your tweets.

Getting Started with Lithium

A quick tutorial on how to get Lithium up and running, in five minutes or less.

Popular Articles

Herald (Vim Color Scheme)

My very own VIM color scheme. Featuring 256, 16 and 8 color support, high readability and… pretty colors!

10 programming languages worth checking out

A quick comparison of 10 non-mainstream programming languages, highlighting their main features, pros and cons. Each section contains also a list of links to get you started with a particular language.

A Firefox Lover’s Guide to Opera

An in-depth review of the Opera browser, with the eyes of a Firefox enthusiast. A useful comparison of the two browsers, whether you’re planning to switch or not.

A closer look at Komodo Edit

A comprehensive review of the free editor from ActiveState, and why it’s a very interesting alternative to more complex and heavy IDEs.

10 Reasons to Learn Ruby

Ten possible reasons to learn the Ruby Programming Language. Mostly related to the language’s syntax and most useful idioms.