Microservices and Boundaries
One of the most common questions I’ve been getting asked about microservices is “How big?” I was recently down in Montevideo Uruguay speaking at the .NET UY Meetup speaking about microservices. As par
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Task could not find sgen.exe using the SdkToolsPath
I spent the better part of this afternoon fighting with this error (and arguing Canadian voting rights with the Western Devs). I was trying to run our project’s build script which uses nAnt and MSBuil
Microservices and isolation
In my first post I made reference to the idea of microservice isolation a number of times. I figured that this is as good of a topic as any to start with. The concept of isolation and boundaries is co
Microservices; A Gentle Introduction
This past winter I started working on a project that was being architected with a mind towards using microservices. Prior to this I’d only seen the term ‘microservices’ floating around in the ether an
SaaS and Commodities
I’m doing some work right now that requires us to send SMS messages. The organization I’m working with has never had this capability before so we are starting at ground level when it comes to looking
Sharpening chisels
I’m working on a cedar garden gate for our back yard. It’s all mortise and tenon joinery which means I make a lot of use of my Narex bench and mortise chisels. The more you use chisels the
Choosing AOP technologies
I get asked how to pick an AOP technology on a pretty regular basis. The other day while I was answering the question I got to thinking that there is a pretty logical flow to selecting which technolog
Arduino and logging to the cloud
I participated in a lunch and learn today that demo’d the capabilities of logentries.com. It was impressive in the ease that you are able to parse, analyse and digest logging information. Once y
Summer is over
…and I can start looking at home automation again. So my first bit of research post warmth has been to look at setting up a browser based interface for opening, closing and displaying the current stat
PrairieDevCon 2014 content
We’re just wrapping up at the conference and it’s time to put up our materials. Thanks to everyone who attended my talks. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Domain Driven Design Prim