A New Use for Blogging

An innovative use of RubLog lets folks share code snippets.

Chad Fowler pointed me to an innovative use of RubLog (and blogging in general). Coded Bliss CodePaste is a RubLog blog that allows anyone to add a page containing source code via a special link. This code is then syntax highlighted and displayed on the blog. This work is an extension of Bruce’s earlier code paste ideas.

The idea is that folks who are chatting via irc or IM can now share code fragments via CodePaste, rather than pasting the code into the chat session. It makes it easier to look at the code while the conversation moves on, and it gives folks a temporary repository of snippets (they expire after 14 days).

This is another great example of the emergence that can happen when simple tools are plumbed together in new ways. Nice job!