Blog Posts

MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.

How To Contribute to ASPNET Yourself

How To Contribute to ASPNET Yourself

Recently I upgraded the Stir Trek conference site's web code from ASP.NET MVC 2 to 4. When I did, I ran into an issue where the OutputCache attribute's behavior changed for RenderAction code.

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IntelliCommand and JustCode

IntelliCommand and JustCode

I've been using JustCode regularly, lately, but I'm still learning some of the keyboard shortcuts and features (and probably always will be). JustCode features a nice view showing all of the common commands that you can …

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Presenting in New Delhi, India

Presenting in New Delhi, India

This Saturday (12 January 2013), I'll be presenting at the Telerik Developers' Conference in New Delhi, India. The event kicks off at 9am – here's the current plan for the agenda:

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2013 Software Craftsmanship Calendar

2013 Software Craftsmanship Calendar

It's that time of year again when Software Craftsmanship wall calendars are shipping out of our Hudson office. A few things are different this year. The small NimblePros logo on the calendars has been replaced with a …

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JavaScript The Good Parts Reviewed

JavaScript The Good Parts Reviewed

Finished up Douglas Crockford's JavaScript: The Good Parts this week. It definitely helped me improve my understanding of JavaScript, which I've been using since it was new, but always like a C programmer, and only …

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Limit SQL Server Memory Use on Dev Machine

Limit SQL Server Memory Use on Dev Machine

If you’re a developer running SQL Server locally, you may sometimes need to limit how much memory the database is consuming. Under normal conditions, SQL Server likes to use as much memory as it can get, since …

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