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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
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…
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…