David Kellum

I’m a software developer, web content and search technologist based in Seattle, WA. I currently lead content acquisition and processing at Evri. I can be reached at dek-blog@here.

Open Source Projects

RJack: Java component gems for jruby
Hashdot: JVM script launcher
gravitext: A collection of java/jruby utilities

These and other project source contributions can be found on github.

void * blog

Technical musings on projects and other topics indeterminate:

2009.12.19

RJack Updates via Gemcutter

Tarpit supports gem push, new RJack updates

2009.11.04

Jekyll

First new post for this newly revamped blog now using the simple and surprisingly powerful Jekyll site generator.

2009.10.24

RJack Updates

rjack-rome and an SVG dependency diagram.

2009.10.18

RJack Updates

RJack project home page improved, new and updated gems.

2009.10.11

TarPit

I was a bit rash to have declared Jihad on Maven back in December. Introducing a new Rake helper gem called TarPit, which hides the Maven details in a declarative jars-in-gem rakefile recipe.

2009.10.10

RJack Expanded

The RJack project has expanded its mission in providing common open-source java components as gems for use with JRuby.

2009.06.28

Insidious Whitespace

A recap on some git conversion experience and a simple tool to help make do with Eclipse.

2009.03.09

Hashdot 1.3 Released

2008.12.22

Hashdot 1.2 Released

Hashdot 1.2 has been release on SourceForge. Initial OS X port.

2008.12.07

Maven Must Die

The RubyGems packaging system has several advantages for java-hosted components. In this post I'll describe some of the complexities with building such ruby/java gems, and workarounds to common problems.