David Eisinger

Senior Developer

David joined Viget after three years as a Web Developer for Duke University. Outside of Viget he enjoys biking, reading, and playing piano.

Other Interests

Biking
Parrots
Playing Music/Singing

5 Loves

35 Posts

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Three Magical Git Aliases

Git is an enormously powerful tool, but certainly not the most beginner-friendly. The basic commands are straightforward enough, but until you wrap your head around its internal model, it’s…
The Balanced Developer

In preparation for a recent team offsite, I spent some time thinking about what I hold dear as a software developer. One idea I kept coming back to is the notion of balance. I see balance manifesting…
Regular Expressions in MySQL
Testing Your Code’s Text
PUMA on Redis
On Confidence and Real-Time Strategy Games
Rails Admin Interface Generators
Convert a Ruby Method to a Lambda
Static Asset Packaging for Rails 3 on Heroku
Getting into Open Source
Practical Uses of Ruby Blocks
Social Media API Gotchas
CoffeeScript for Ruby Bros
DevNation Coming to San Francisco
Around “Hello World” in 30 Days
Gifts For Your Nerd
HTML Sanitization In Rails That Actually Works
Refresh Recap: The Future of Data
Viget Devs Storm Chicago
Single-Use jQuery Plugins
Simple APIs using SerializeWithOptions
How (& Why) to Run Autotest on your Mac
Unfuddle User Feedback
Backup your Database in Git
Shoulda Macros with Blocks
Out, Damned Tabs
Stop Pissing Off Your Designers
Sessions on PCs and Macs
Getting (And Staying) Motivated to Code
Multi-line Memoization
Protip: TimeWithZone, All The Time
Introducing: EmailLabsClient
RubyInline in Shared Rails Environments
Refresh 006: Dr. jQuery
cURL and Your Rails 2 App

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Refresh the Triangle's "On Big Relaunches"

For more than a year, Viget has been working with PUMA to rethink, reshape, redesign, and re-architect their disparate online presences, from both the public and admin sides. It all culminated this…
Music Theory in 10 Minutes

Music Theory in 10 Minutes
Around "Hello World" in 30 Days
Around "Hello World" in 30 Days
Email Interfaces for Your Ruby Apps
Email Interfaces for Your Ruby Apps
An Introduction to Ruby and Mid-90s Hip Hop
Ruby & Mid-90s Hip Hop
Optimizing Perceived Performance
Optimizing Perceived Performance
Optimizing Perceived Performance
Refresh 015 — Designers vs. Developers
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