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WTF: Build Failed: No Failed Tests Found
16 April 08 04:47 AM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
The guys at Codehaus are moving the continuous integration servers. I must say that I had a WTF-moment when this build failure notification dropped in my inbox: I find it amusing that the build failed because “all the tests passed”. The real Read More...
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Reminder: Quick and Dirty Fixes Are Expensive
15 April 08 05:35 AM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
Last week I wrote a short anecdote about getting big, upfront design wrong . The next chapter is on quick and dirty fixes. You know, those hacks we do to “make something work”. These often come about after frenetic debugging session, where Read More...
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Reminder: Getting BDUF Wrong Is Expensive
09 April 08 06:39 AM | andersnoras | 1 Comments   
Last November my family and I move into a brand new apartment. Since we’ve moved in, we’ve had builders coming in to fix things over and over again. Today they started to “refactor” the wiring in our kitchen. Maybe I should get Read More...
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Notebook Fetish
10 March 08 06:22 AM | andersnoras | 6 Comments   
After giving my talk on language oriented development with .NET for the Oslo chapter of the Norwegian .NET User Group I was approached by one of the attendants who pointed out that I had excellent taste in notebooks. Most people though he was referring Read More...
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Save Java, Dead or Alive!
18 February 08 03:11 AM | andersnoras | 1 Comments   
Whatever language you write in, your task as a programmer is to do the best you can with the tools at hand. A good programmer can overcome a poor language or a clumsy operating system, but even a great programming environment will not rescue a bad programmer. Read More...
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My Spaces
30 October 07 10:21 PM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
Scott asks us to show our spaces - here are mine: Read More...
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Mac and I
04 September 07 10:09 PM | andersnoras | 2 Comments   
A little over a month ago I made the big switch from Windows to Mac OS. In that post I wrote that apart from me having a hard time getting used to new keyboard shortcuts, life on the Mac felt good. So how does it feel a good month down the road, and what Read More...
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Developing with Pleausure
23 August 07 02:53 AM | andersnoras | 2 Comments   
Develop with Pleasure is the slogan of my favorite IDE vendor, and today took it to the extreme. Below is a picture of me writing code while sitting on a pier with the sun shining from clear blue sky. If it hadn't been for my Mac's super bright LED lit Read More...
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Switched!
01 August 07 03:27 AM | andersnoras | 5 Comments   
After suffering from serious mac-envy for some time, I decided it was time to switch from Windows to a real Mac. Yesterday my brand new Apple MacBook Pro arrived and I've been spending the last few hours moving and installing stuff. Just like Scott, I'm Read More...
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How to tell if you've become an ivory tower architect
27 June 07 04:53 PM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
Regular readers might recall that I recently got a new job as an enterprise architect . I must admit that I don't write as much code as I used to, but I rest assured I still get my hands dirty. I've actually come across a rather effective way of telling Read More...
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Proving a point
16 June 07 05:04 AM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
With my posts on reflection optimization for .NET and Java , I unconsciously proved a point from an earlier post on cultural movements within the .NET-community . I use a lot of open source frameworks in my work. One cool benefit this gives me is that Read More...
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Open Spam
24 May 07 08:06 PM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
I never check the spam folder on GMail, but today I learned that I probably should do this more often. Take a look at all these nasty spam mails I've received lately. Even if there is some stuff from the XFire mailing list in there, Castle is without Read More...
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Silverlight and The History of Visual Basic
01 May 07 08:30 PM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
If you've looked at the Silverlight poster , you've probably noticed the list of languages supported by the new Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) . The last one on this list made me stop and think for a while - what is VBx? VBx is the new dynamic Visual Read More...
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If it quacks like a quack...
02 April 07 02:37 AM | andersnoras | 0 Comments   
Spell checking code can lead to some really funny misspellings. In my previous post I had an interface named IDuckService which the spell checker suggested that I'd change to quackeries . Naïve spell checking of code with Microsoft Words dictionary doesn't Read More...
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I've Got a New Job!
20 March 07 07:39 PM | andersnoras | 3 Comments   
This Monday I started to work as an enterprise architect for Storebrand , and my days as a consultant came to an end. The last ten years I have been in the consulting business - now I'm in the insurance and banking business. My reason for changing grounds Read More...
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