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We started Viget Labs in 1999 intent on building the best web-based software products on behalf of our clients. At that time, our core focus was software development -- our founders are engineers, and our roots are in technology. As the web has evolved, so has Viget. We've listened to our clients and now offer more services -- covering design and marketing in addition to development -- which allows us to build complete web products from concept to launch. So, while our capabilities have expanded, we're proud to maintain the heart of a tech shop.

We've been committed to the open source community for years, and we believe strongly in the value of knowledge sharing. This blog is where our developers write about the stuff we discuss at the lab -- technology, trends, tips, best practices, industry events, etc. We develop (almost) exclusively in Ruby on Rails, and most of what we discuss here reflects that focus.

What's the point? Our hope is that we can support the development community by sharing what we're learning along the way, foster some good discussion in the comments, and maybe make a few connections here and there. If you have some ideas, please pick a post and drop a comment. If you're inspired to join our team, don't be shy about contacting us. If you'd just like to read and be on your way, have at it. Thanks for visiting.

The Team

Tony Pitale

Tony Pitale

Web Developer Tony Pitale, having been influenced by his parents' computer business from the womb, took up building websites from the time he was in middle school (despite his father's refusal to get Prodigy in the early days of the Internet).
Patrick Reagan

Patrick Reagan

Patrick Reagan has been building awe-inspiring applications and working with the latest technologies here at Viget Labs since 2000. As the Development Director, he’s been instrumental in helping us standardize on Ruby on Rails and recruiting top talent to be a part of that movement.
Matt Swasey

Matt Swasey

Web Developer Matt Swasey, who went to the same secondary schools as several other Viget staffers, has loved computers ever since ninth grade when he read a book on programming video games.
Mark Cornick

Mark Cornick

Developer Mark Cornick, as Bill Cosby once stated, “started out as a child,” building complex structures out of Legos and hacking on his Apple II. His love of building things and his aptitude with computers led him first into system administration and then into development.
Justin Marney

Justin Marney

An engineer by birth, Developer Justin Marney is no stranger to technology. Repeatedly caught dismantling toys as soon he could pick up a screwdriver, his parents were financially driven to provide an outlet for his curiosity in the form of a Commodore64. David Eisinger

David Eisinger

When his high school teacher introduced him to an experimental new language called "PHP," David's interest in programming officially moved to the web. While completing his B.S. in Computer Science at Duke, David fell in love with Ruby on Rails, and when Viget moved to Durham, he knew it was a match made in nerd heaven. Clinton R. Nixon

Clinton R. Nixon

Clinton R. Nixon has been integral in establishing and growing the Durham, NC, office. As a senior developer with the Lab, he institutes Agile development methodologies to deliver RoR-based custom solutions to clients. Ben Scofield

Ben Scofield

Technology Director Ben Scofield has been with Viget Labs since 2005, building applications in PHP and Ruby on Rails that meet and exceed our clients' expectations. Ben has spoken at several conferences, including Railsconf, Railsconf Europe, Rails to Italy, and RubyConf, and has written a book for Apress on the benefits of building Rails applications RESTfully. Brian Landau

Brian Landau

It's no wonder Brian now finds himself working with computers after growing up around them. While earning his master's in Information Science at UNC Chapel Hill, he learned about interaction design, user experience, and database and web development.

We're the Developers

at Viget Labs. We write about web development trends, tips, best practices, industry events, and our projects — all with an emphasis on Ruby on Rails.

Recent Comments

For translating strings you can use Rails I18n backend instead of using inflectors.

The `typus_human_name` is a patch to fix a problem in `human_name` [1].

[1] https://rails.lighthouseapp.com/projects/8994/tickets/2120-humanize-and-human_name-dont-separate-words

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