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Zero downtime “deployments” or “upgrades” if you like, roughly the same number of hits on google, is that thing that every one says they are doing but when asked about how they are actually doing it there is usually not a clear answer. Lets try to digg a bit deeper into the concept. By definition [...]

After a great initiative by Jonathan Oliver me and a couple of dev buddies has joined forces and created the “Distributed Podcast”. It’s our hope that we can discuss topics that will help the community build better distributed systems. More info can be found over at http://distributedpodcast.com/

> I decided to try this new "Twitter thing"… You can follow me on twitter here.

> I’ve been a member of the ALT.Net community  for a while and really like the idea of choosing the best tools and methods available for development in contrast to always blindly using the tools that comes out of Microsoft. (I’m not saying that MS don’t produce good stuff. Visual studio , SQLServer etc is [...]

> The command-query separation principle has been around for a while but recently I’ve come across a few situations where CQS can be useful outside of programming for which it was originally intended for. It’s interesting to discover that principles devised for a specific context can be applied successfully to other areas  such as application [...]

> There are numerous ways to monitor the status of your builds in TFS ranging from the boring "the build has failed" email to more sophisticated solutions such as a sending an MSN-message or displaying status on a big dashboard in the middle of the office. Well, Martin Woodward has taken build monitoring to the [...]

> In September last year I started the "Certified Architect" course held by Dataföreningen. This is by far the most extensive course I’ve attended since university. To get your certificate you have to complete 6 x 2 days of lectures and seminars spread over half a year with self studies in between. And finally you’re [...]