I started my career in professional software development a decade or so ago by testing and fixing banking code that had fallen victim to the … Read more
Life would be simpler if I had the source code
Year: 2008
Earlier today a dev came over to ask me about a compiler warning he was getting when building a .NET solution: MSB3247: Found conflicts between … Read more
Interesting article from Patrick Smacchia (the NDepend guy) in which he runs some benchmarks on the cost of looping in different ways over different constructs … Read more
On my continuing journey through this thrilling world of professional software development, I frequently encounter teams who hold no truck with this crazy new-fangled concept … Read more
Today was a proud day indeed. Remember four years ago when I blogged about Jocelyn getting a fiancee visa from the British Consulate in Los … Read more
My good buddy John just published a typically navel-gazing post detailing the contents of his wallet, and went on to invite readers to divulge details … Read more
It occurred to me recently that I’m not getting any younger, and that sitting hunched over a keyboard for a dozen hours a day will … Read more
Tobin blogged earlier this week about how quality ORM tools like NHibernate make it easier to code to normalized schemas. Here’s a corollary for you: … Read more
In response to a blog post that I’d shared in Google Reader, Jez emailed me to ask: “Do you use RTM? It’s always been one … Read more
My name is Ian Nelson. I’m a recovering SQL addict. It’s been four weeks since my last stored procedure. One of my reasons for leaving … Read more