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There is a recurring theme that I’ve been coming across over the past few weeks. And a recurring message that I’ve been reminding myself. Just Effin’ Do It The worst kind of procrastination is procrastination that disguises itself as productivity. You...

I’ve been stewing on what came out of BUILD for the past few weeks. There’s a lot to talk about: WinRT, .NET vs. HTML vs. native, C# vNext, Visual Studio vNext, Windows Server 8, desktop vs. “Metro”. It’s hard to know where...

I have a database with the ASP.NET providers already installed…I don’t have them represented in my Object Model for Entity Framework 4.1 but I don’t want to put them on a separate Database from my main application data. The solution...

In light of Hammet’s recent resignation from the MEF team, I decided to finish up this post discussing other self-indulgent monologues that have been floating through the net. There was a recent post (well not so recent anymore, I first started writing...

So I’m on a pretty cushy government contract (turns out that if you want to have a low stress job in software development, taking a public sector job is the way to go) right now. Microsoft stack all the way down except…Oracle on the backend...

Today’s post is going to take a decidedly different angle. I’m going to actually talk about coding for Windows Azure. I know, I know. After two years of posts with nary an Azure sample in sight, why should I start now? I feel that now more...

This is a common question I hear. The general sentiment expressed is “I want to do things the right way, but management won’t approve.” The person asking the question usually leaves out the details of what clearing out technical debt entails. Digging...