As i mentioned recently, i’m now part of the NHibernate development team. Ever since i posted that i’ve gotten a lot of questions about what exactly it is i do for NHibernate. The short answer is: not much so far! Allow me to elaborate. The way it usually works with Open Source projects is that […]
Read MoreIt appears that my geek is raising up a little clone. Ubernerd boy is well on his way to becoming a geek. We now have a deal: when 12 year old Mason can’t keep his mouth shut, and it’s desperately important that he do, I will say a code word. Being the cool and nice […]
Read MoreAnd why the heck does Outlook need to say 2 things to me? Upon further inspection, I must conclude it IS excessive. This is what could potentially show up in my system tray. Seriously, this is ridiculous.
Read MoreMost teams have some kind of technical lead in place. They’re often referred to as the ‘dev lead’, or the ‘lead developer’ or the ‘lead programmer’ or whatever. Some people are great fits for this role, and some simply aren’t. Below is my list of what i think makes for a great technical lead. Note: […]
Read MoreThis is Jason masquerading as a guest. I really should post more often… I spent the best part of a day banging my head against the wall with this problem and I thought that I’d share the solution that I came up with. I’m sure that there’s a better way to do this and if […]
Read MoreAyende blogged about this web site which you can use to analyze the text on your blog (and those of others). It makes some guesses about the personality of the person(s) that write on the particular blog. Turns out that both my personal blog and ElegantCode yields the same results: INTJ – The Scientists The […]
Read MoreJust read the following post on the performance of try/catch and throwing exceptions. In the author’s small (and completely unrepresentative of real-world scenarios) performance tests, it showed that throwing exceptions is a quite costly operation. Ah… if only it were that simple. Throwing an exception is indeed a costly operation, compared to most other statements. […]
Read MoreI find that when you’re really good at something, when you totally grok it, you often forget the complexity of that thing. This includes an entire spectrum of things, from reading English to riding a bike, writing code to making Rice Crispy treats. When we truly get it, it changes the nature of the task. […]
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