LINKBLOG for February 3, 2009
Feb 3rd, 2009 by AZuidhof
Dynamic reflection versus static reflection – Gabriel Schenker
‘ Since the very beginning the new Fluent NHibernate framework which provides an internal DSL for mapping the domain entities to the underlying database has attracted me very much. Why? ‘Don’t Overcomplicate The Issue – Tim Barcz
IronPython in Action – Maurice de Beijer
Remote Desktop: Roll Your Own LogMeIn Pro with Free Apps – Kevin Purdy
Visual Studio Theme Makes Me Different Taste, Different Feeling – Samnang Chhun
Boundary Objects and Threat Modeling – Adam Shostack
Why aren’t I an MVP? – Karl Seguin
‘ There’s a problem with the MVP program I’d like to talk about. The fact that I’m no longer an MVP (haven’t been for over a year now) isn’t the problem, merely a symptom ‘
Interesting problem Karl poses here. Lots and lots of long winded comments tending to both sides of the equation
‘ [Entity, Value Object, Service, Factory, Repository, Aggregates and Roots] … one of the biggest mistakes of someone learning and applying DDD is assuming that our entire model needs to fit into those few definitions ‘The Art – Janusz Gorycki
Wow, inspiration!Succession, an Agile Approach to Evolving Architecture – Chris Sims
Evaluating Risks of Low-Probability High-Cost Events – Bruce Schneier
If speed is of the essence then so is high quality – Simon Baker
Puzzling over arrays and enumerators in C# – Igor Ostrovsky
‘ Here is a little puzzle for C# developers reading my blog. What is the error in the program below? ‘
Yummie, puzzles!Properties vs. Attributes – Eric Lippert
User Stories and Use Cases – Scott Sehlhorst
‘ User Stories are one of the key agile artifacts for helping implementation teams deliver the most important capabilities first ‘The Importance of Nurturing -Jeremiah Owyang
‘ Just goes to show, that helping people – even when there’s nothing in it for you – can lead to great rewards in the future ‘Proactor Pattern – Hamed Ebrahimmalek
‘ Proactor Pattern is an asynchronous event handling pattern ‘
If you know this pattern (I didn’t) and can explain it without reading this article, admiration for you knowledge level flows your wayRead the Diffs – Eric Sink
In a successful attempt to plug his own (free!) diff tool, Eric has a valuable piece of advice for us
‘ Do you work as part of a software team? Here’s a piece of advice for you:
Read the diffs ‘Innovating like the Marines – Jeffrey Phillips
‘ (…) when it comes to innovation, I want people on my team who are willing to ask forgiveness not permission ‘What if you’re a big fish in a small pond – life without a mentor? – Tim Stall
‘ Especially eager developers who work at small to mid-range companies might need to deal with being a big fish in a small pond. It’s great that you can help your coworkers – but who is helping you? ‘
Since this personally resounds with me, I was eager to see what tips Tim has in mind here. Changing jobs, always an option of course, comes last. Which is the right position imho. Changing jobs too early in the game can give you regrets laterSunni Brown’s Graphical Recording of My Agile Leadership Talk – Scott Bellware
Coolest summary of a talk I’ve seen in a long time!
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