LINKBLOG for October 27, 2007

• The ideal IDE - Ayende Rahien
  Ayende is dreaming away


• "Big Balls of Mud" and Shanty Towns - Dean Wampler
  


• Migrating from SourceSafe to Subversion - David Vidmar
  


• Microsoft, SubSonic, and Me - Rob Conery
  OKOK, I'm now officially the last developer *not* working at Microsoft. Feeling lonely


• The Long Wow - Brandon Schauer
  


• i like ellipses… » Always communicate status… just don’t lie about it
  ' when communicating status to the user, do it extensively, do it truthfully and do it appropriately '


• Test Bot Kicking Ass - Mark Miller
  ' We could build a bot to test our products '
  Actually, the story really is about sliced heads floating through outer space, so it's not as dull as the quote suggests


• Ways to use .Net Reflector #3: Wrap it - Jason Haley
  


• Evidence Based Scheduling - Joel Spolsky
  Joel mentioned this once or twice the last week in his spree of short entries concerning his world tour. Now he has a full explanation what he means with EBS.
  B.t.w.: some googling tells me that this term is really a new one, made up by the guy himself


• Software Teams vs. Superheroes: Why the Solo Developer is Dead
  ' (...) it takes a well-coordinated team of highly skilled, highly specialized engineers, designers, architects, database administrators, build managers, and Web professionals to create the next cool thing '


• Release IS NOT Debug: 64bit Optimizations and C# Method Inlining in Release Build Call Stacks - Scott Hanselman
  


• Did it with .NET - I'm Really Digging F#
  Hmm, me not doesn't come any further that reading *about* F#. Microsoft's functional programming language that to me doesn't really seem to have come off. Can't find a way to put it into real use at the moment. Please leave a comment if you have tips...


• Web Browser History - Simone Chiaretta
  


• Time Is Money – Budget It Carefully - Cultivate Greatness - Leadership Blog
  ' (...) eight hours more of free time that can be used for whatever purpose we desire.
  This is the period you can use to achieve success '


• C# Team and Habitat for Humanity - Charlie Calvert