Apr 17, 2018Creating an Engineering Workstation in AzureEngineering workstations are always difficult or tedious to set up. Everyone has their own set of tools they like, custom configurations, and other settings it takes to set up their machine before it’s functional. As a Software Craftsman, my development machine is one of my most important tools and I…Azure5 min readAzure5 min read
Nov 20, 2017Writing Readable, Refactor Tolerant Unit TestsNearly 10 years ago, I started down the path of Test Driven Development (“TDD”) and following the practice of writing my tests first. Like many people, my first few years of practicing TDD led to tests who tested the behavior of the system under test, but were very fragile when…Software Development4 min readSoftware Development4 min read
Nov 16, 2017Mature Software Engineering Using Visual Studio Team ServicesBackground A little over a year ago, a friend of mine finally convinced me to join Microsoft to work on a software team in the Cloud+Enterprise division (Azure). The team was in a startup / growth phase, and one of the selling points was that I could come in and facilitate…Continuous Delivery9 min readContinuous Delivery9 min read
Mar 30, 2016Unit Testing and Microsoft Application InsightsMicrosoft recently released Application Insights into preview. This is a phenomenal tool that allows developers to easily instrument their applications and infrastructure either on-premise or ‘in the cloud’. If you want a more in depth conversation about Application Insights, the .NET Rocks! show#1255 is a great introduction. One thing that…Application Insights3 min readApplication Insights3 min read
Jan 14, 2015Configuring a Minecraft PE Server on Amazon EC2Over the past few months, my 8 year old son has become enamored with Minecraft. Since he mostly uses an iPad / iPod his platform of choice is Minecraft Pocket Edition. This works very well for him, but is limited in its multiplayer abilities. …4 min read4 min read
