My thoughts on software development, technology and design.

Understanding the .NET Standard

June 29, 2017
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Over the last few years .NET developers have been given an opportunity to develop software targeting a genuinely ...

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Compromising Compilers

June 25, 2017
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I certainly do not live under the assumption that compilers or platforms are flawless, however, it is not often I think ...

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Managing Software Inertia

June 16, 2017
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In my formative years I assumed that I would have a career in some field that leaned heavily on classical physics. I ...

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Turning my back on AMP

May 30, 2017
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I am not sure the position I am taking here is for everyone, in fact I am sure that many organizations producing much ...

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Finding WannaCrypt's kill switch.

May 24, 2017
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An engrossing read from an anonymous British security researcher, MalwareTech, who with lots of skill (and maybe a ...

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The Power of Vision Based Search

May 18, 2017
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At the conclusion of Build the resounding idea was that as developers we are empowered to develop code for any platform ...

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Visual Studio News from Build 2017

May 12, 2017
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The theme for Visual Studio during this year's Build conference appears to quite explicitly suggest that Microsoft is ...

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Exploring Yeoman as a .NET Developer

May 06, 2017
5 min read

Yeoman is a Node utility that at its core is a code generator/scaffolder, to be sure it does way more than this but for ...

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Visual Studio–Integrating Node.js and npm

April 26, 2017
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Now that we have accepted the ascendancy of Node.js in the world of web development, it is important to note that ...

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