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19 Aug

2005

Notable Potable

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

Bad code is like a good woman. Only the Creator can understand it.

18 Aug

2005

Whidbey Observations

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

There are so many ways to bind to data that I think I bound myself into a knot. New DataSets are cool. Very cool. The designer makes all the difference. RapTier can take a flying leap, but ORM mapping is still going to matter. Partial classes may very well be a substitute for VS generated […]

11 Aug

2005

Whidbey

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

Always a day late and a dollar short, I have just installed Whidbey, April Release of Beta 2. I will now proceed to fill up my blog with things that you read about months ago, but I am just now going to be experiencing for the first time.

9 Aug

2005

Violent Dave

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

When the guys at work learned that I am going to the Violent Femmes concert on Thursday night, this was the result. Thanks, Steve.

5 Aug

2005

Deserializer from Microsoft

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

Ever get irritated when trying to decorate a class to achieve your serialization goals? Try this shiny new gizmo from the Borg. Sample Code Generator The Sample Code Generator (XSDObjectGen) tool takes an XSD schema as input and generates sample code showing how to mark up C# and VB.Net classes so that when serialized with the […]

4 Aug

2005

The Clutch

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

The Catalyst We are in an intense recruiting round here and are looking for genuine cream-of-the-crop developers and QA people. We have had surprisingly good luck with finding some genuinely passionate and talented people out there. During one interview, though, I asked the question of a developer, “What is the thing that enjoy most in […]

3 Aug

2005

Pontification

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

My job is not to come through in the clutch. My job is to ensure that clutch situations don’t occur. More later.

2 Aug

2005

dasBlog 1.8RC1

By: David Starr Category:General PostTag: Esoterica, New Post:

Hanselman and crew have released an update to dasBlog. 1.8RC1 is discussed here. Given my current schedule, I probably won’t be seeing this upgrade at Elegant Code until it makes gold.