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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 130 articles and 5 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.

You can contact me by writing an email to h3rald [at] h3rald [dot] com, or through Twitter, LinkedIn, Delicious, Facebook, Shelfari, FriendFeed or Posterous.


Latest Articles

Book Review: Distributed Programming with Ruby

A review of Mark Bates’ Distributed Programming with Ruby. Just what you need to get started with the right tools to build large and scalable applications in Ruby.

Glyph 0.3.0 Released

The third release of the Glyph Authoring Framework features dramatic speed improvements, the new ‘glyph outline’ command, alternative XML syntax, macro attributes, and more.

Glyph 0.2.0 Released

The second release of Glyph is out! Featuring single-file compilation, programmatic usage and auto-regeneration, as well as plenty of bugfixes and stability improvements.

Book Review: Succeeding with Agile

A review of Mike Cohn’s Succeeding with Agile. Possibly one of the most well-organized technical books I came across.

Introducing Glyph

Glyph is an extensible Rapid Document Authoring Framework written in Ruby, that can be used to create ebooks effortlessly.

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.