the.railsi.st is Patrick Crowley.

I'm a Ruby developer and this blog is a record of my experiences using Ruby on Rails to build web apps.

I also run SD Ruby, a local Ruby group in San Diego known for its podcast.

SD Ruby just posted my talk on Haml and Sass (given at this month's meeting).

Haml is a drop-in replacement for embedded ruby templates that has really helped me tame wild and crazy view code (especially on bigger apps). Sass is sorta like Haml's kid brother. It transforms your CSS into something that feels more like Ruby. Cleaner syntax, dynamic variables and logic, auto-nesting. All good stuff.

If you've been on the fence about Haml, check out this talk.