LINKBLOG for August 20, 2007

• Why Team System sucks - Dries Samyn
  Hmm, I'm at the point this guy was a year ago: at the moment, I'm still happy...
  


• DDD / Domain Driven Design: The list - Born 2 Code .NET
  Everything you always wanted to know about DDD, but were afraid to ask
  


• Thoughts about Multi-Master Replication of Tree-Structured Data - Pat Helland
  Looks interesting enough, though I must admit because of time constraints it is only on my TOREAD list now...
  


• Telling somebody that they are writing unmaintainable code, is like scolding somebody else’s children - TFSTracker
  ' Once you accuse somebody of writing unmaintainable code, you have to be d****d sure that is exactly what you mean, and you should be able to back up what you say with facts and examples. '
  
  Agree: you better be able to explain yourself thoroughly on these kinds of statements
  


• A side effect of specialization | Sahil Malik
  Well, specialization is OK, but doesn't the conclusion be that this screams for the Connector: the technical person that is fluent in speaking and writing and at least average in coding
  


• Free Microsoft Online Developer Courses - Chris Bowen
  Developer-oriented courses from the Microsoft Learning site
  


• 113 Must Read Blogging Tips - Darren Rowse
  Darren got a lot of feedback on his '31 Days to Building a Better Blog'. This is only the latest batch, so if you have a couple hours left (I know I don't have...)
  


• I've made the switch, and I'm not looking back
  Andrew's battle to decide between Microsoft Virtual Server vs. VMWare Server is over.
  


• The secret to unit testing: the unit - Karl Seguin
  ' I've read once or twice that unit test should never have more than a single assert. I certainly don't agree with that as a rule, but I understand the spirit in which it was said. '
  


• NStatic Usability - Smart Software
  Wesner Moise talks about polishing the UI from his NStatic app, a static code analysis tool, which promises more analysis depth than the apps that are already available. Note: NStatic is still in alpha, as far as I can see, at least not for download
  


• Adventures of an aspiring agile developer in a not-quite agile world : The mess that mocks can make
  ' Mock frameworks are probably useful in some situations, but think carefully if you really require them in a before diving in. '
  


• 5 Things You Should Know About IT People - Agency Byte
  Again, a list that I *lknow* you can't resist:
  1. It doesn’t make any sense to me.
  2. It’s my problem when you’re done.
  3. It works, doesn’t that count for anything?
  4. I know it seems simple, but it was really hard to program
  5. It’s a nice picture, but it doesn’t do anything.
  


• Free Source vs Open Source - public MattBerther : ISerializable
  ' (...) challenge users to contribute to open source projects that they use once per month. This contribution can be financial (as little as $1 goes a long way). The contribution can be a bug fix or a code addition. ' If everyone would just do that