The strongest articles on engineering excellence and technical leadership — ranked by substance, not recency. How this is ranked
Engineering as a Leadership System: Moving Beyond Frameworks
Delivery outcomes are shaped less by frameworks and practices than by the operating model leaders have designed. How an organisation's …
Why Most Companies Operating Models Fail in Dynamic Markets
A concise comparison of Predictive and Adaptive Operating Models, explaining why traditional structures fail in dynamic markets and how …
One Azure DevOps Project for 1,500 People Is Not the Risky Option
Compare the coordination costs of separate Azure DevOps Projects with the governance a shared Project requires, using actual dependencies …
Telling People What to Do Is Not Leadership. It’s a Failure of System Design
Explores why real leadership means designing systems that enable team autonomy, flow, and accountability, rather than relying on …
The AI Decided Is Not an Explanation
When an AI says it got bored or we say it lied, we give a machine feelings and intentions. The false output needs an explanation, not an …
AI Agents Lie About Being Done
My agent reported every task complete when half the tests were missing. Call that a lie if you like. The engineering problem is that the …
Don’t Manage Dependencies, Remove Them
Explains why dependencies are a sign of poor system design and outlines steps to eliminate them by aligning teams, clarifying ownership, and …
The Estimation Trap: How Tracking Accuracy Undermines Trust, Flow, and Value in Software Delivery
Tracking estimation accuracy in software delivery leads to mistrust, fear, and distorted behaviours. Focus on customer value, flow, and …
Is Agile Really Just a Mindset?
Explores Agile as a disciplined system of delivery, emphasizing engineering excellence, CI/CD, observability, and system design over mindset …
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Unity and ASP.NET
Explains how to use Unity for dependency injection in ASP.NET, enabling runtime component swapping without redeploying, with practical code …
My.Unity.Resolve(Of Ninja)
Shows how to create a shared UnityContainer singleton in VB.NET using the “My” namespace, enabling dependency injection across WPF and …
The Hinshelwood Family Portrait
A family shares their positive experience with a professional photo shoot, highlighting the photographer’s skill, patience with children, …
Developer Day Scotland 2009
Summary of sessions from a Glasgow developer event, covering refactoring, dynamic languages in .NET, MVVM for WPF, architecture, and ASP.NET …
Fail a build if tests fail
Explains how to configure TFS 2008 builds to automatically fail if any tests fail by setting TreatTestFailureAsBuildFailure to true in the …
Windows 7 RC
The Windows 7 Release Candidate is available for developers and beta testers, with public access starting 5 May. Find download links, …
Get Analysis Services last processed date
Provides code to retrieve the last processed date of cubes on an Analysis Services server, highlighting performance considerations and error …
Data Dude R2 is out!
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2 adds new features, improved SQL Server 2008 support, enhancements, and bug fixes for …
I hope you did not pay for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available as a free download, making it easier for users to access and use without purchase …
Sharepoint 2007 and Silverlight
Guide to integrating Silverlight with SharePoint 2007, covering custom field types, branding, web parts, data interaction, deployment, and …
McDDD
Join developers in Glasgow on 2nd May for Developer Day Scotland 2, featuring talks from returning and new speakers on software development …
We’re sorry, but you won’t be able to download Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Beta at this time
Internet Explorer 8 is not available for Windows 7 Beta users, but can be downloaded for Windows XP and Vista. Compatibility and …
Windows Azure Training Kit
Comprehensive training resources for Windows Azure, including hands-on labs, demo scripts, and presentations on cloud services, .NET, SQL, …
Head First Design Patterns
Overview of a book that explains design patterns using visual aids and interactive methods, making complex concepts accessible for all …
Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 on Window 7
Learn how to resolve Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 installation issues on Windows 7 by manually running the installer from the Visual …
New laptop and Windows 7
A family upgrades to a Dell laptop running Windows 7, highlighting improved performance over Vista, user preferences, and buying options in …
The delivery Mk II
A personal story about the birth of a son, Kaiden, featuring a rapid delivery, family experiences in hospital, and early moments with his …
Fun with Virgin+
A practical guide to resolving display issues with Virgin+ boxes when switching from HDMI to SCART, including step-by-step reset …
Reformat your CSS on the fly
Learn how to use a .NET HTTP handler to dynamically adjust CSS file paths, ensuring images and resources load correctly across different web …
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1, featuring performance improvements and bug fixes ahead of the browser’s …
Feedburner, no Google…
Feedburner users are being migrated to Google servers, requiring feed URL updates to avoid slower load times. The process is simple, with …
Installing Team Explorer 2008 on Windows 7
Step-by-step guide to installing Team Explorer 2008 on Windows 7, troubleshooting proxy and firewall issues, and connecting to CodePlex and …
Am I a stoner hippy?
Explores how dyslexia and multidimensional thinking influence creativity, learning styles, and perceptions, challenging stereotypes about …
Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7
Step-by-step guide to installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7, including setup issues, component selection, and tips for …
Installing Windows 7
Step-by-step guide to installing Windows 7 in a virtual environment, covering setup options, first boot, and initial configuration with …
Windows 7 Beta is Live!
Windows 7 Beta is now available for download, offering early access to the next version of Windows with improved stability and limited …
Learning more about Visual Studio 2008
Discover a free Microsoft learning programme to improve your Visual Studio 2008 skills, suitable for both new and experienced software …
Microsoft Answer for the end-user
A user-friendly Microsoft Answers forum for Windows Vista, offering clear, non-technical help on updates, hardware, networking, security, …
Does test-driven development speed up development?
Explores whether test-driven development (TDD) accelerates software delivery by reducing complexity, rework, and design flaws, and improving …
Managing the “VSTS Developers” LinkedIn group
Announces new managers for the VSTS Developers LinkedIn group to improve member support, information sharing, and response times for ALM and …
Merry Christmas
Seasonal greetings with links to create and send ElfYourself eCards, plus troubleshooting tips for viewing animated holiday cards online.
Removing a dead Solution Deployment from MOSS 2007
Learn how to manually remove a failed or stuck solution deployment job in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Central …
Live Framework
Explores using Azure Services Platform to enable cloud-based configuration, real-time chat, and collaboration features in WPF applications, …
SkyDrive: 25 GB of free online storage
Get 25GB of free online storage with SkyDrive, integrated with Windows Live services for easy file sharing, photo management, and contact …
TFS Event Handler v1.3 released
TFS Event Handler v1.3 automates work item notifications in Team Foundation Server 2008, now supporting group alerts and custom event …
Retrieving an identity from Team Foundation Server using only the display name
Explains how to retrieve a user or group identity from Team Foundation Server using only a display name, including handling Active Directory …
TFS Event Handler v1.1 released
Automates notifications for Team Foundation Server 2008 work item changes, removing the need for manual alerts. Includes a framework for …
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Installation
Step-by-step guide to installing Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR, including prerequisites, uninstalling old versions, …
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR has been released!
The new Database Edition GDR for Visual Studio Team System 2008 adds model-based SQL schema design, extensibility, provider support, and …
Least opportune time
A developer faces a CodePlex TFS server outage while releasing TFS Sticky Buddy v2.0, highlighting the impact of downtime on software …
Advice on using XamRibbon with Composite WPF
Provides guidance and code examples for integrating Infragistics XamRibbon with Composite WPF, including custom region adapters for dynamic …
Windows Live ID and OpenID
Explains how to set up and link a Windows Live ID with OpenID for testing, enabling single sign-on and unified authentication across …
The great Xbox update
Overview of the new Xbox Live update, including changes to the update process, introduction of Avatars, and user experiences with the latest …
100,000 Visits
Celebrates reaching over 100,000 website visits, sharing traffic stats, browser usage, and visitor countries, highlighting site growth and …
Team Suite on the cheap
Save 30% when upgrading from Visual Studio Team System 2008 component editions to Team Suite, offering a full set of development tools for …
DDD Scotland v2.0: 2nd of May 2009
Developer Day Scotland returns on 2 May 2009, bringing together software developers for talks, networking, and community events in …
Composite WPF and Merged Dictionaries
Explains how to manage dynamic resource dictionaries and themes in WPF with Composite WPF, addressing common errors and providing code …
TFS Data Manager
Manage and clone TFS projects across servers, enhance disaster recovery, and access advanced features for improved application lifecycle …
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools
Overview of the latest Power Tools release for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server, highlighting new features and …
TFS Sticky Buddy 2.0 development started…
Development of TFS Sticky Buddy 2.0 has begun, focusing on modular WPF architecture and new navigation features. Early CTP version and …