A while back I developed an application that has started to be used by my current company (it's called the "Network Beverage Selector", but I'm sure I'll blog about that at some point). So they came up with some suggestions on enhancements, being the kind, generous guy I am, I did them. I thought about … Continue reading Click Once is not just for IIS
Java/Firefox SSL Certs -> Apache -> RTFM!!!
We had a small issue today that's taken the best part of the day to sort out. The issue was a weird problem where a Java applet worked absolutely fine on one server, but not on the other. The setup was slightly different in the 2 machines, however, as the issue was to do with … Continue reading Java/Firefox SSL Certs -> Apache -> RTFM!!!
Sql Server and Duplicate Indexes
Please note that I'm not a DBA, nor do I profess to be all knowing when it comes to SQL Server, these are observations I've made over the years that I think people may find benefit from. Introduction Everyone should know that indexes on a database are both useful and to be feared! One of … Continue reading Sql Server and Duplicate Indexes
My SQLServer nightmare
So we had an interesting issue this week which was bugging the hell out of myself and our technical services team that deploy our software (developed by a third party). The issue was a severe performance degradation on a certain search field in the application. First off, the code that for this site is around … Continue reading My SQLServer nightmare
EntityFramework and Postgres (.NET 4.0)
So I've been attempted to get EntityFramework to play nice with Postgres for a site I'm creating. A little history, I created the site initially for myself and a small group to use so I used MVC3, postgres, Mono and other tools that were... "funky". As there was no real deadline, uptime SLAs etc. it … Continue reading EntityFramework and Postgres (.NET 4.0)
Inline Functions are Great
So, I've been getting to grips with using Lamda functions instead of creating simple methods that only include one line. The main driver behind this is the fact that I'm trying to make my code readable (using StyleCop has helped with this, and I'm sure I'll blog about that too) so I can tell others … Continue reading Inline Functions are Great
The Lost Art of Corporate Inductions
Once again, I find myself at new employer, this has happened fairly consistently every 2 years for around 6 years. So I found myself sitting through yet another company "induction" and found myself thinking "they never used to be this boring". A bit of history, I got working in the IT industry around 6 years … Continue reading The Lost Art of Corporate Inductions
