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And… That’s All Folks 15 May 2012 | 09:08 am
I started blogging about 5 years ago, and over the years I've published 653 posts. This will be the last one. I had some specific personal goals in mind when I started blogging, and I've gotten everyt...
Why Things Don’t Work In Your World 14 May 2012 | 06:50 am
A very common reaction for developers to have when they hear about new technical approaches or new approaches to team organization is "yeah right, that won't work in the real world" or "that'll never ...
Three Strikes And You Refactor 7 May 2012 | 02:36 am
The first time you do something, you just do it. The second time you do something similar, you wince at the duplication, but you do the duplicate thing anyway. The third time you do something similar,...
It’s Not About The Number Of Hours You Put In 20 Apr 2012 | 07:35 am
There's been a lot of talk on twitter about the 501 Manifesto. Be sure to read it if you haven't, because it's got some very good points, though I don't like the dig at people who contribute to open s...
Most Valuable Professionals? Give Me A Break. 16 Apr 2012 | 06:11 am
I've always been very skeptical of Microsoft's MVP award. Officially, Microsoft's MVP award stands for Most Valuable Professional, but its true meaning is probably closer to Most Valuable Promoter. Th...
Microsoft And Open Source: Hoping For Better Collaboration 10 Apr 2012 | 02:04 am
By now, you've probably all heard that Microsoft is moving to an open development model for ASP.NET MVC and some other ASP.NET projects. Even though the source code of ASP.NET MVC has always been avai...
What’s The Point Of Using WCF In A Web App? 19 Mar 2012 | 04:28 am
A very common approach of building web applications in .NET is to put most of the non-UI related code behind an internal WCF service layer. I used to be a fan of this approach as well, but these days ...
Thoughts On Learning New Things 12 Mar 2012 | 08:22 am
Jef Claes published an interesting post about his preferred way of learning new things. There's one part in the post that I don't entirely agree with: I like to believe learning should be a hands-on ...
Architectural Drivers 27 Feb 2012 | 07:10 am
There are many different opinions and preferences when it comes to how we should deal with software architecture. My personal preference is to try not to make things more complex than they should be, ...
DTO’s Should Transfer Data, Not Entities 20 Feb 2012 | 09:32 am
I've read a couple of posts recently where the authors were complaining about excessive mapping to DTO's and whether or not it's worth it. I've been a fan of DTO's for a long time, but I'm not a fan o...
