Jan
12
Patching vs. merging
One of those "fun" activities developers look forward to is merging code from one branch to another. The
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Jan
11
How reading user reviews and triaging software defects are similar
User reviews saved e-commerce — the power of the Internet buying masses, crowd-sourced into a win-win situation for both retailers and
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Jan
04
Inbox One, the pragmatic approach
The Getting Things Done methodology encourages behavior such as Inbox Zero, the concept of dealing with all the items in
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Dec
24
The importance of releasing
An "old" adage in development is "release early, release often". This is a form of iterative
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Dec
23
Removing IDE distractions in Visual Studio
I'm not sure where I first read about "distraction free Visual Studio", but it's
Dec
23
If Nuget won't update, try this
The newest version of Nuget, version 1.6, wouldn't update on either of my computers from within Visual
Dec
21
Obvious observations: ask good questions
I was on a call with a client the other day and realized I wasn't getting good answers.
Dec
20
Volleyball for programmers
Reflecting on the year, I learned a valuable lesson about what I can and can't do. The things
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Dec
19
Waterfall development, a slow dulling
I'm sure this comparison has been made before, but repeated use of the waterfall development model has a
Dec
18
Changing again
Once again, I've decided to change blogging platforms. It's a hassle I'm learning to