Process Improvement
I don’t use this much. But I pay for hosting and run for daily backups. It seems like a waste. In typical tech fashion, it’s time for a PIVOT so I can MAXIMIZE MARKET SHARE AND INCREASE PROFITABILITY. I was able to test how good my backups were today by standing this site back up … →
Automation
I just wanted to give a quick shout out to uptimerobot.com. For what it is, it’s fantastic. I wish the polling interval was better than every 300 sec. but you get what you pay for which is nothing. It’s free. It’s a great tool.
Automation
The only thing more tedious than having to do things manually for lack of automation is automating tedious things.
Git
Today, I finished the first version of ARC. There are a few minor changes to come, but the tagged 1.0 commit is fully functional. You can see the repository on GitHub here.
Bamboo
Working on cleaning up KillAllBindings a little. I’ve made some (probably) final changes that I need to test out. Once that’s done, I’m not certain what else I’ll be doing to/with it unless a bug comes up or there’s a need for functionality to be extended. I’m continuing progress to extending...
Random
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The main application we ship is pretty big and complicated. Currently, the only way to install it is through the installer. The installation is, from what I’ve been told, pretty complicated. Installing the application by updating binaries and restarting IIS is not an option. Recently, a teammate...
Bamboo
For a while now, we’ve required code reviews for all changes before they could be merged into a team’s trunk fork. This helped catch some obvious stuff and helped increase code quality. This stuff seems obvious but when it’s not part of the culture, it seems like a big feat. The next step was to … →
This blog is hasn’t been updated since the beginning of the year and has been down for a long time. I decided to stand this server back up tonight and begin documenting things again. The previous post mentioned six things that I needed to do by the end of January. Well, we accomplished all of … →
In the next month, I have to: Prepare documentation to assist 200 developers in their transition from TFS to Git. Provide training for developers (do a video?). Solidify branching strategy and document branching strategy for developers and for release management team. Get builds working with...
I’ve been going back and forth for awhile on learning either C# or Java. They’re pretty similar syntactically and there are plenty of opportunities with either language. I’ve chosen C# for two reasons. The recent announcement that C# will soon be cross-platform. I was asked if I’d be interested...
Git
We’re spending a lot of time discussing our migration from TFS to Git at work. We need this transition to go smoothly. I need this transition to go smoothly. There are a lot of doubters. Yesterday, I was talking to one of our senior DBAs about this and he said “I don’t care, I’m just … →