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Your Software Can't Heal Itself

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:46:03 GMT

Stop pretending that you can guess how a 100k line application is going to fail, and stop putting in tons of code to account for failures that you don't know are going to happen. How come we often ignore YAGNI in the face of writing robust software?

Five Common ASP.NET SEO Mistakes

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:16:06 GMT

Here's a checklist of five common mistakes that ASP.NET and the Viewstate/Postback model of development make it far too easy for unsuspecting developers to make:

Do You have the Time to Learn Everything?

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:31:04 GMT

.Net is huge, and constantly. Do you have the time to learn everything? If no, how should you prioritize?

Link to Everything: A List of LINQ Providers

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:01:03 GMT

I've recently updated the list of LINQ Providers found on my Links to LINQ page, accessible from the News section on the left of my blog. I'm sure there are other providers available. Feel free to write me or append a comment if you want to add to this list.

I Repeat: Do Not Listen to Your Users

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:01:03 GMT

Listening to users is a tricky thing. Users often don't know what they want, and even if they did, the communication is likely to get garbled somewhere between them and you.

20 Famous Software Disasters

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:31:02 GMT

"To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer." -Paul Ehrlich

Membership, Profile & Role Management Frustration

Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:16:01 GMT

Today I searched for open source projects that might address this need. On CodePlex I found a few promising projects:

Import CSV File Into SQL Server Using Bulk Insert - Load Comma Delimit

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:46:02 GMT

A short Tutorial - A Perfect Tutorial