DotNetKicks.com - Stories tagged with Bullshit

LINQ To SQL is Dead - Read Between the Lines

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:46:13 GMT

David Hayden with some great points on the Linq to SQL announcement and some ideas on how the project could be saved.

Microsoft kills Linq to SQL

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:01:13 GMT

Ayende (aka Oren) expresses disbelief at Microsoft's decision to effectively kill off LINQ to SQL.

LINQ To SQL Gets Kicked to the Curb... Needs A Good Home!

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:16:02 GMT

Great post on why L2S needs to be supported by the community and why a L2S targeted at the community is a good idea.

The Death of Software Engineering

Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:31:03 GMT

Why software engineering is fading away.

Code review - The meaningless ritual

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:46:02 GMT

Most of the time code reviews are a meaningless ritual. Everybody pays lip service to the importance of code reviews and a lot of people, especially in the management, are convinced that code reviews very effectively reduce the number of shipped bugs. The problem is. most developers hate code reviews and avoid them like the plague. If they can't avoid them, then they show up and act their part like in a play at the theater of the absurd.

A Serious Challenge for Open Source?

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:46:02 GMT

. . . what Mindscape has done is really quite impressive. To evaluate, accept, and incorporate feedback that quickly into the product and to have the installer ready that afternoon is impressive - for anyone.

The Dark Side of LINQ

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:46:03 GMT

I've been having mixed feeling for quite some time now regarding LINQ. Sure it can make working with data sources a lot easier and it can definately save a lot of code but it also has the potential of creating cryptic complex code...

Would you put cartoons on your software startup's website?

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:31:02 GMT

We have strong opinions against stock photography for a corporate website, and went with an unconventional strategy for a software development firm. We've just revamped our website home page and wanted to invite you to visit it and let us know what you think.

Dependency Injection is Dead!

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:46:10 GMT

The author claims that AOP-assisted Dependency Resolution, where dependencies are resolved on-demand without plumbing code and use of factories, can supersede Dependency Injection... at least in some scenarios. A refreshing view on a topic that tends to become sanctified and therefore undiscussed in our community.

Performance: IEnumerable<>.Sum

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:31:02 GMT

A article about the performance hit created by the IEnumerable<>.Sum extension method!!!

Object Oriented Programming has Failed Us

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:20:17 GMT

I've been thinking about the state of the programmers coming into our industry recently. It seems to me that many of the college students who graduate today understand the syntax, but few know how to apply true object oriented principles to the real world.

Is the ADO.NET Team Abandoning LINQ to SQL?

Fri, 23 May 2008 17:46:07 GMT

Roger Jennings, eagle-eyed reporter of all things LINQ/ADO.NET/EF, describes why LINQ to SQL appears to be approaching legacy product status, with promised features unlikely to ever ship.

ASP.NET: officially unmaintainable

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:16:05 GMT

Are Scott Guthrie and Scott Hanselman the same person?

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:43:47 GMT

The Guthrie/Hanselman Conspiracy

Do you really need a data access layer with LINQ?

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:16:08 GMT

Some thoughts on skipping the creation of a data access layer in a web application that uses LINQ for all of its database access.

Wake up ASP.NET developers!

Wed, 07 May 2008 19:16:02 GMT

You're participating in the stagnation of the World Wide Web and you hold the human race hostage.

Don't Use Double.Nan

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:01:02 GMT

Comparison of a double with double.Nan (Not a Number) will always return false. If we want to check whether a specific double is...

Dependency Injection Not Needed In C#

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:32:23 GMT

We do not need Dependency Injection in C# 3.0. Because we already have it in a very cleaner way!... (Using extension methods in a different way to make everything inside-out!)

Things I Hate About .NET

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:31:03 GMT

What are some of the most annoying things about programming in .NET? See what I think and how to overcome them.

Why asp.net MVC is so awesome.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:16:03 GMT

The number one reason why asp.net MVC is the best thing ever.

Why asp.net MVC is so awesome.

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:16:03 GMT

The number one reason why asp.net MVC is the best thing ever.

Writing Maintainable Code Considered Harmful

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:31:02 GMT

Reasons on why developers should not write maintainable code

Try/Catch Blocks Can Hurt Performance Significantly

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:01:02 GMT

Over at Programmers Heaven.com, there's an interesting article on the potential performance impact of try/catch blocks. The article concluded that the average cost of a try/catch block is essentially nothing (sorry there's no author information on the post), and that .NET/C# programmers should not think twice about using try/catch blocks. The author is right that a try/catch block has essentially zero cost. However, like most coding performance issues, exceptions and try/catch blocks do not have performance implications until they occur in some type of loop.

Extracting Icons from Files

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:46:03 GMT

Extracting the icon of any file including executable ones.

Do Not Learn Ruby

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:31:02 GMT

A tongue in cheek essay on the perils of learning Ruby. You've been warned: do not learn Ruby!