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Tips for debugging a WiX MSI Mar 12, 2015 WiX is an excellent technology that simplifies the creation of MSI files using an XML abstraction on top of the Windows Installer APIs. ... ➦

Your IDE’s font matters: Fantasque Sans Mono Mar 8, 2015 A good development environment is crucial to your productivity, there’s no question about it. The phrase ‘good development environment’ is subjective. ... ➦

NDepend is unbelievably rich in features Feb 22, 2015

I’ve recently begun evaluating NDepend 5.4.1. During the installation process, I’ll admit I was a little underwhelmed. After the Visual Studio plugin loaded, I became overwhelmed. After digging into the many features, I don’t know how or why teams operate without such tools. Let me explain…

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Review: From Mathematics to Generic Programming Jan 15, 2015 From Mathematics to Generic Programming (Product Page) (This is a repost of my Amazon review) I’ve been out of college for a while. ... ➦

io.js 1.0.1 (unstable) is out. ES6! Jan 15, 2015 A team of developers, including some core node.js developers, forked node.js a while ago into a project called io.js. They’ve just released version 1. ... ➦

Software Abstractions take Skill. Dec 9, 2014 I recently read Adaptive Code via C# and posted a review on Amazon: This book is a new favorite of mine. ... ➦

Decorating directives with isolate scope in Angular 1.3 Nov 20, 2014 A question from reddit excited my interest. Angular 1.3 apparently has broken the ability to decorate isolate scopes. I tried version of Angular between the 1. ... ➦

Manually debugging Angular scope Nov 17, 2014 While a utility like Angular Batarang is invaluable, you’ll sometimes want to quickly and effectively inspect what exists on a given scope. ... ➦

Your interview questions probably suck Nov 14, 2014 I have interviewed somewhere between 200 and 300 people in my professional career. I’ve learned a lot from the process. In fact, I am planning to write a short book containing some of this “knowledge” about interviewing. ... ➦

SOLID Principles Presentation Nov 12, 2014