"Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist." -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Seeing that DJ Miller is spinning up some amusing-but-true laws of continuous integration , I'm gonna weigh in and declare Laribee's Final Law of Continuous Integration . I see it as so critical that I'm going to put it quasi-biblical speak...
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This description of problem analysis by Reginald Braithwaite (who is a smart person) struck a chord with me: I found this to be an important point in my own programming, and I don't know if that's a general point but quite often we see something...
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Glenn Block has a post up enumerating a set of principles that matter to people participating in the ALT.NET community. In it you'll find usual suspects (SRP, DRY, SoC, etc.), no suprise there. What I really like about this post is that it's trending...
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Time for a little bit of a rant. In a recent post , Jeffery Palermo paraphrases an analogy made by David Platt on a recent episode of the .NET Rocks podcast : In software, we can't expect our clients to know what they need. Much like the depth of...
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A quick disclaimer: we're entering religious territory here. I feel strongly about this issue, but it's certainly my opinion. If you want to get the full sense of how passionate people are about this issue, check out this article at JavaWorld...
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Looks like another Entity Framework barfight! Hell, I'll join the fray started by Jeremy . I feel compelled given that I'm part of the NHibernate Mafia . Ah! Well a-day! What evil looks Had I from old and young! Instead of the cross, the Albatross...
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I got into a series of interesting conversations with the usual suspects , Austin edition , about tools . I wouldn't say we covered what I'm about to outline here in totality; these snippets are only starting to coalesce and firm up in my mind...
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In my last post I offered a concise snapshot of how I'm practicing Behavior-Driven Development. Based on feedback, it was probably a little too concise and meta to provide any kind of valuable takeaways or discussion points, so I'm going to unpack...
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Rob Reynolds offers a valuable perspective on the whole how do you define ALT.NET riff in his "What's Your ALT.NET?" post: Passion . I love what I do and I get very passionate about it. I love to argue about the best way to go about architecting...
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I saw something about breaking up the altnetconf Yahoo list and would like to propose an initial structure. To be clear: the purpose of this proposal is to address two questions about the current list: 1) Should we break up the list? 2) If yes, how should...
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Ben writes (emphasis his): System.Web.MVC will reach an audience that MonoRail doesn’t: The corporate giant who already swallowed the pill and will do anything that Microsoft pushes, good or bad . And a lot of consultants work firmly in this space. That's...
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