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HI, I’M RUBEN

I am now available for remote senior/lead Ruby/Ruby on Rails developer contract
work. Interested? Take a look at my CV and let’s chat.

Hello, I’m Ruben Arakelyan and this is my website. I’m 💜 husband to Joanna,
👨🏻 dad to Evie, 🐕 dog-father to Saffy, ✟ Christian, 🇦🇲 Armenian, and a
💎 contract lead Ruby developer, in no particular order; originally from London
but now living near 🌊 St Ives in Cornwall.

I hope you enjoy browsing here and maybe finding something useful.

Want to hire me? Take a look at my CV and let’s chat.

Want me to read your blog? If you’ve just started a blog, send it to me and I’ll
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POSTS

6 Jun 2024 · monzo, customer-service


WHY I LEFT MONZO

A darling startup grew up and forgot its roots.

29 May 2024 · retro, pc


MY COMPUTING ORIGIN STORY

How I started off on my lifelong computing journey.

14 May 2024 · work


WHERE I WON’T WORK

There are some industries that are just too devoid of a social conscience to
work in.

7 May 2024 · indieweb, indieauth, auth, server


BUILDING AUTHMENACE: AN INDIEAUTH SERVER

A super-simple IndieAuth authorization and token endpoint with no database.

23 Apr 2024 · json-wf, blogroll


INTRODUCING JSON-WF

A new JSON-based format for sharing blogrolls.

22 Apr 2024 · linux, arrogance


LINUX: DON’T BITE THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU

The sheer arrogance of some in the community puts off everyday users and
potential converts.

9 Apr 2024 · astro, website, guestbook


GUESTBOOK SPAM - ALREADY!

I got my first piece of guestbook spam less than a day after making it live.

8 Apr 2024 · astro, website, guestbook


BUILDING A GUESTBOOK WITH ASTRO AND CLOUDFLARE PAGES

Here’s how I built a simple guestbook for my website using Astro and hosting on
Cloudflare Pages.

28 Mar 2024 · software, freedom


RICHARD STALLMAN AS A FIGUREHEAD, OR, KNOWING WHEN YOU’RE NOT THE RIGHT PERSON
FOR THE JOB

Richard Stallman has admirable grit and has achieved more than a lot of other
people, but he is not the right person to be the public face of the software
freedom movement.

21 Mar 2024 · uk, hmrc


HMRC: CAN YOU BE ANY MORE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH?

Wherein we discuss how HMRC seems hellbent on making it as difficult as possible
to work with them.

10 Mar 2024 · retro, pc


RECREATING MY FIRST PC

Looking back with fondness at my first Windows desktop.

15 Feb 2024 · retro, msn


GETTING AN MSN.COM EMAIL ADDRESS IN 2024

How to rock that ’90s feeling with @msn.com.

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