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Three Middleman Hacks We’re Using On This Site
- stbullard 13y agoNot knowing Middleman, I initially read the title (currently "Three Middleman Hacks We’re Using On This Site") as "Three Man-in-the-Middle hacks We're Using on This Site. Risky click!
- sgdesign 13y agoOh, I hadn't thought about the potential for confusion! Curious to know if that's how most people will parse it…
- westi 13y agoIt is how I parsed too.
- ckannan90 13y agoI read it exactly the same.
- ics 13y agoFor some reason I read it as "Mediterranean" first, but by the time I got the visual buffet of Mediterranean dishes and trying to cope with one hacking such a thing, I also began to see it as MITM hacks.
- adrianpike 13y agoSame. I got super excited to learn about some fresh MITM goodness. Middleman looks interesting as well, though. :)
- yaddayadda 13y agoAnother person thinking it was about MITM.
- aabalkan 13y agoYes, me too. God, why does anyone pick a project name like that?
- stdbrouw 13y agoIt's really only confusing in this particular context, or to be precise, this particular sentence. Similarly, "Metropolitan Transportation Authority Invests Heavily in Rails" doesn't really make "Ruby on Rails" a particularly confusing project name.
- toddmorey 13y agoWell, to be fair, Middleman translates authoring files (sass, yaml, haml, etc) into ready-to-publish static assets. It can also be wired to liveroad so that it instantly updates what you see in the browser. In that workflow, the name really makes sense to me.
- MaxGabriel 13y agoThis isn't a big deal, but the assignment in `featured = featured.delete_if...` isn't necessary since delete_if mutates the array.
- sgdesign 13y agoGood point, thanks for the correction.
- silentrob 13y agoThis is a great post. 2014 is the year of static sites (and generators)! Lots of great resources popping up. staticsitegenerators.net staticapps.org staticshowdown.com Full disclosure, I work on Harp and I'm judging Static Showdown.
- pibefision 13y agoI like your site design. Is it based on some other template? Is it open source? Tks!
- macspoofing 13y agoEverything is a 'hack' these days.
- russelluresti 13y agoMiddleman is actually a really great piece of software. I've used it on multiple projects, and it's really great for what it does. When all you have to do is hand a set of static files off to the client, Middleman allows you to use your favorite technologies like Sass, and comes combined with LiveReload (which is a nice time-saver). It's also very Sinatra-esque, which I greatly approve of.