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Archive
A technical record of what survived production.
Browse the complete publication history by year and month. Older posts stay available at their original routes, with archive notices when the advice may have aged.
2008
2026
November
.NET 11 Is Here. .NET 8 and .NET 9 Are Out of Support.
.NET · .NET 11 · .NET 10 · Software Engineering · Security · Lifecycle Management
Modernizing .NET: Establishing and Verifying Code Style with EditorConfig
.NET · .NET Framework · C# · EditorConfig · Code Style
October
My GitHub Projects Needed a Home. So I Built One.
GitHub · Open Source · Software Engineering · Developer Tools
Too Hot to Handle? Testing NuGet's New Package Cooldown
.NET · NuGet · Security · Software Engineering
Managing .NET SDKs: Installation Was Just the Beginning
.NET · Software Engineering · Development Environment · SDK
September
Artificial Intelligence, Super Intelligence, and What We Actually Mean
AI · Artificial Intelligence · AGI · Superintelligence · Technology
How to Test a New .NET SDK Without Installing It System-Wide
.NET · Software Engineering · Development Environment · SDK
Can You Build Your .NET Application on a Clean Machine?
.NET · Software Engineering · Development Environment · Reproducibility
Before You Upgrade .NET, Do You Know What Is Building It?
.NET · .NET SDK · Software Engineering · Architecture · global.json
.NET 11 RC1 Is Here. Is Your Upgrade Process Ready?
.NET · .NET 11 · Software Engineering · Architecture
Labor Day, Software Development, and the Work We Should Be Automating
Software Engineering · Leadership · Automation · Artificial Intelligence
CopyGitHubRepo v0.4.0: Migrating GitHub Pages Without Guessing
GitHub · PowerShell · Automation · Developer Tools
From Specification to System: How the AI Flywheel Became Four Projects
AI · AI Flywheel · Agentic AI · Software Engineering
Moving On After 28 Years at Concord
Leadership · Software Engineering · Career
August
CopyGitHubRepo v0.3.0: Keep the Releases, Leave the History Behind
GitHub · PowerShell · Automation · Developer Tools
CopyGitHubRepo v0.2.0: Preserving GitHub Releases During Repository Migration
GitHub · PowerShell · Automation · Developer Tools
Out With the Old, In With the New: Rebuilding Coding
Blogging · GitHub Pages · Jekyll · Markdown · Software Development
CopyGitHubRepo v0.1.0 Released to the PowerShell Gallery
GitHub · PowerShell · Automation · Developer Tools
Understanding What We Ask AI to Do
AI · Human Oversight · Leadership · Software Engineering
Copy GitHub Repo – Clean Snapshots Without Carrying History
GitHub · PowerShell · Automation · Developer Tools
July
AI Flywheel CLI for Python – Operating the Flywheel Safely
Python · AI · AI Flywheel · CLI
Testing the AI Flywheel Framework with Durable Evidence
AI · AI Flywheel · Testing · Software Engineering
AI Flywheel Framework – Turning the Spec into an Operating Model
AI · AI Flywheel · Framework · Software Engineering
AI Flywheel Spec – From Agent Loop to Compounding System
AI · AI Flywheel · Agentic AI · Software Engineering
January
All Progress Depends on the Unreasonable
Leadership · Change · Progress
July
Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP) – Depend on Abstractions, Not Details
C# · SOLID Principles · Dependency Inversion Principle
June
Interface Segregation Principle (ISP) – Keep Interfaces Focused
C# · SOLID Principles · Interface Segregation Principle
Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) – Subtypes Should Keep Their Promises
C# · SOLID Principles · Liskov Substitution Principle
Open/Closed Principle (OCP) – Building for Extension, Not Modification
C# · SOLID Principles · Open-Closed Principle
Single Responsibility Principle (SRP) - Only one reason to change
C# · SOLID Principles · Single Responsibility Principle
Create better software by applying SOLID principles
C# · SOLID Principles · Open-Closed Principle · Single Responsibility Principle · Liskov Substitution Principle · Interface Segregation Principle · Dependency Inversion Principle
July
The CrowdStrike Outage Is a Reminder That Deployment Safety Matters
Software Engineering · Reliability · Deployments
November
.NET 8 Feels Like the New Normal
.NET · .NET 8 · Software Development
December
Decorating the tree for Christmas
Design Patterns · C#
November
ChatGPT Looks Interesting
AI · ChatGPT · OpenAI
November
.NET 6 Feels Like the Version I've Been Waiting For
.NET · .NET 6 · C# · Microsoft
September
Twenty Years After September 11
September 11 · Remembrance
September
Six Months Into COVID
Covid-19 · Remote Work
April
March
Sending Everyone Home
Covid-19 · Leadership · Remote Work
September
.NET Core 3.0 Might Finally Be Ready for My Existing Applications
.NET Core · .NET · C#
June
Microsoft Is Buying GitHub
Microsoft · GitHub · Open Source
August
.NET Core 2.0 Is Starting to Feel Ready
.NET Core · ASP.NET Core · .NET Standard
June
.NET Core 1.0 Has Arrived
.NET Core · ASP.NET Core · Microsoft
March
Installing Roundcube Webmail on BlueOnyx 5209
BlueOnyx · Roundcube
April
Microsoft Introduces Visual Studio Code
Visual Studio Code · .NET · Microsoft
September
Microsoft Just Announced Windows 10
Windows 10 · Microsoft · .NET
April
I Really Like Windows Phone
Windows Phone · Microsoft · Cortana · Zune
October
My favorite design patterns are Strategy and Factory Method
C# · Design Patterns · Strategy Pattern · Factory Method · Refactoring
June
January
December
Calling WCF Service using LINQPad
LINQPad · WCF · .NET Framework · Service References · Troubleshooting
October
So I Guess Zune Is Becoming Xbox Music
Microsoft · Zune · Xbox Music
Running FSCK on an LVM (Logical Volume Manager) using Linux Rescue Disk
Linux · LVM · Filesystem Recovery · CentOS · Troubleshooting
June
February
October
ASP.NET CustomValidator that validates multiple controls using both Server Side and Client Side scripting
ASP.NET · Web Forms · C# · JavaScript · Validation
July
ASP.NET MVC3 Preview 1 - Released Today
ASP.NET MVC · .NET Framework · Web Development · Razor · Dependency Injection
April
Bind DNS – Configuring multiple views on primary and secondary DNS servers
BIND · DNS · Linux · Network Configuration · Split-horizon DNS
February
January
(MVP) Model View Presenter - Passive View
C# · Design Patterns · Model View Presenter · Windows Forms · Unit Testing
ASP.NET MVC Tutorials
ASP.NET MVC · .NET Framework · Web Development · Testing
November
HP MediaSmart Server is my favorite device for 2009
HP MediaSmart Server · Windows Home Server · Backup · Home Networking · Storage
Automatically attaching VHD files in Windows 7 and Windows 2008
Windows · Virtual Hard Disk · DiskPart · Task Scheduler · Automation
August
July
June
May
April
How do I open a file that is in use in C#?
C# · .NET Framework · File I/O · FileShare · log4net
March
Understanding .NET Reference Types and Value Types
.NET Framework · C# · Value Types · Reference Types · Memory Management
February
January
C# Traceroute using .net framework
C# · .NET Framework · Traceroute · ICMP · Networking
C# Ping
C# · .NET Framework · ICMP · Networking · Ping
December
November
.NET 2.0 SP2 Installation - Were to find it
.NET Framework · .NET 2.0 · Service Packs · Windows
October
Design Patterns - Writing better software
Design Patterns
Object Oriented Design Patterns
Design Patterns · Object-Oriented Design · C# · Software Architecture
Spawning multiple .NET delegates really slow
C# · .NET Framework · ThreadPool · Concurrency · Performance
August
June
BlueQuartz add virus scanning to sendmail
Virus Scanning
May
BlueQuartz enabling SSL/TLS FTP Support
BlueQuartz · Secure Ftp