The strongest articles on engineering excellence and technical leadership — ranked by substance, not recency. How this is ranked
Engineering as a Leadership System: Moving Beyond Frameworks
Delivery outcomes are shaped less by frameworks and practices than by the operating model leaders have designed. How an organisation's …
Why Most Companies Operating Models Fail in Dynamic Markets
A concise comparison of Predictive and Adaptive Operating Models, explaining why traditional structures fail in dynamic markets and how …
Telling People What to Do Is Not Leadership. It’s a Failure of System Design
Explores why real leadership means designing systems that enable team autonomy, flow, and accountability, rather than relying on …
AI Agents Lie About Being Done
My agent reported every task complete when half the tests were missing. Call that a lie if you like. The engineering problem is that the …
Don’t Manage Dependencies, Remove Them
Explains why dependencies are a sign of poor system design and outlines steps to eliminate them by aligning teams, clarifying ownership, and …
The Estimation Trap: How Tracking Accuracy Undermines Trust, Flow, and Value in Software Delivery
Tracking estimation accuracy in software delivery leads to mistrust, fear, and distorted behaviours. Focus on customer value, flow, and …
Is Agile Really Just a Mindset?
Explores Agile as a disciplined system of delivery, emphasizing engineering excellence, CI/CD, observability, and system design over mindset …
Stop Building Silos. Start Building Systems
Explains how fragmented automation and tool silos harm software delivery, and advocates for unified engineering systems and platform …
How to Build for Business Resilience and Continuity
Learn key strategies for building business resilience and continuity, including observability, system decoupling, routine deployments, team …
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Developer Day Scotland
Summary of sessions from a Glasgow developer event, covering refactoring, dynamic languages in .NET, MVVM for WPF, architecture, and ASP.NET …
Fail a build if tests fail
Explains how to configure TFS 2008 builds to automatically fail if any tests fail by setting TreatTestFailureAsBuildFailure to true in the …
Windows 7 RC
The Windows 7 Release Candidate is available for developers and beta testers, with public access starting 5 May. Find download links, …
Get Analysis Services last processed date
Provides code to retrieve the last processed date of cubes on an Analysis Services server, highlighting performance considerations and error …
Data Dude R2 is out!
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR R2 adds new features, improved SQL Server 2008 support, enhancements, and bug fixes for …
I hope you did not pay for Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 is now available as a free download, making it easier for users to access and use without purchase …
Sharepoint 2007 and Silverlight
Guide to integrating Silverlight with SharePoint 2007, covering custom field types, branding, web parts, data interaction, deployment, and …
McDDD
Join developers in Glasgow on 2nd May for Developer Day Scotland 2, featuring talks from returning and new speakers on software development …
We’re sorry, but you won’t be able to download Internet Explorer 8 for Windows 7 Beta at this time
Internet Explorer 8 is not available for Windows 7 Beta users, but can be downloaded for Windows XP and Vista. Compatibility and …
Windows Azure Training Kit
Comprehensive training resources for Windows Azure, including hands-on labs, demo scripts, and presentations on cloud services, .NET, SQL, …
Head First Design Patterns
Overview of a book that explains design patterns using visual aids and interactive methods, making complex concepts accessible for all …
Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 on Window 7
Learn how to resolve Microsoft Document Explorer 2008 installation issues on Windows 7 by manually running the installer from the Visual …
New laptop and Windows 7
A family upgrades to a Dell laptop running Windows 7, highlighting improved performance over Vista, user preferences, and buying options in …
The delivery Mk II
A personal story about the birth of a son, Kaiden, featuring a rapid delivery, family experiences in hospital, and early moments with his …
Fun with Virgin+
A practical guide to resolving display issues with Virgin+ boxes when switching from HDMI to SCART, including step-by-step reset …
Reformat your CSS on the fly
Learn how to use a .NET HTTP handler to dynamically adjust CSS file paths, ensuring images and resources load correctly across different web …
Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1)
Microsoft has released Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1, featuring performance improvements and bug fixes ahead of the browser’s …
Feedburner, no Google…
Feedburner users are being migrated to Google servers, requiring feed URL updates to avoid slower load times. The process is simple, with …
Installing Team Explorer 2008 on Windows 7
Step-by-step guide to installing Team Explorer 2008 on Windows 7, troubleshooting proxy and firewall issues, and connecting to CodePlex and …
Am I a stoner hippy?
Explores how dyslexia and multidimensional thinking influence creativity, learning styles, and perceptions, challenging stereotypes about …
Installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7
Step-by-step guide to installing Visual Studio 2008 Team Suite on Windows 7, including setup issues, component selection, and tips for …
Installing Windows 7
Step-by-step guide to installing Windows 7 in a virtual environment, covering setup options, first boot, and initial configuration with …
Windows 7 Beta is Live!
Windows 7 Beta is now available for download, offering early access to the next version of Windows with improved stability and limited …
Learning more about Visual Studio 2008
Discover a free Microsoft learning programme to improve your Visual Studio 2008 skills, suitable for both new and experienced software …
Microsoft Answer for the end-user
A user-friendly Microsoft Answers forum for Windows Vista, offering clear, non-technical help on updates, hardware, networking, security, …
Does test-driven development speed up development?
Explores whether test-driven development (TDD) accelerates software delivery by reducing complexity, rework, and design flaws, and improving …
Managing the “VSTS Developers” LinkedIn group
Announces new managers for the VSTS Developers LinkedIn group to improve member support, information sharing, and response times for ALM and …
Merry Christmas
Seasonal greetings with links to create and send ElfYourself eCards, plus troubleshooting tips for viewing animated holiday cards online.
Removing a dead Solution Deployment from MOSS 2007
Learn how to manually remove a failed or stuck solution deployment job in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 using Central …
Live Framework
Explores using Azure Services Platform to enable cloud-based configuration, real-time chat, and collaboration features in WPF applications, …
SkyDrive: 25 GB of free online storage
Get 25GB of free online storage with SkyDrive, integrated with Windows Live services for easy file sharing, photo management, and contact …
TFS Event Handler v1.3 released
TFS Event Handler v1.3 automates work item notifications in Team Foundation Server 2008, now supporting group alerts and custom event …
Retrieving an identity from Team Foundation Server using only the display name
Explains how to retrieve a user or group identity from Team Foundation Server using only a display name, including handling Active Directory …
TFS Event Handler v1.1 released
Automates notifications for Team Foundation Server 2008 work item changes, removing the need for manual alerts. Includes a framework for …
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR Installation
Step-by-step guide to installing Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR, including prerequisites, uninstalling old versions, …
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Database Edition GDR has been released!
The new Database Edition GDR for Visual Studio Team System 2008 adds model-based SQL schema design, extensibility, provider support, and …
Least opportune time
A developer faces a CodePlex TFS server outage while releasing TFS Sticky Buddy v2.0, highlighting the impact of downtime on software …
Advice on using XamRibbon with Composite WPF
Provides guidance and code examples for integrating Infragistics XamRibbon with Composite WPF, including custom region adapters for dynamic …
Windows Live ID and OpenID
Explains how to set up and link a Windows Live ID with OpenID for testing, enabling single sign-on and unified authentication across …
The great Xbox update
Overview of the new Xbox Live update, including changes to the update process, introduction of Avatars, and user experiences with the latest …
100,000 Visits
Celebrates reaching over 100,000 website visits, sharing traffic stats, browser usage, and visitor countries, highlighting site growth and …
Team Suite on the cheap
Save 30% when upgrading from Visual Studio Team System 2008 component editions to Team Suite, offering a full set of development tools for …
DDD Scotland v2.0: 2nd of May 2009
Developer Day Scotland returns on 2 May 2009, bringing together software developers for talks, networking, and community events in …
Composite WPF and Merged Dictionaries
Explains how to manage dynamic resource dictionaries and themes in WPF with Composite WPF, addressing common errors and providing code …
TFS Data Manager
Manage and clone TFS projects across servers, enhance disaster recovery, and access advanced features for improved application lifecycle …
Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server Power Tools
Overview of the latest Power Tools release for Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Foundation Server, highlighting new features and …
TFS Sticky Buddy 2.0 development started…
Development of TFS Sticky Buddy 2.0 has begun, focusing on modular WPF architecture and new navigation features. Early CTP version and …
TFS Sticky Buddy v2.0
Sticky Buddy v2.0 introduces a redesigned interface, modular structure, and expanded diagram features for improved usability in TFS-related …
Interview with my favourite author
A personal reflection on an interview with author David Webber, discussing his works and passion for the military science fiction genre.
Mozy Backup providing extra space this month
Mozy is doubling its referral bonus to 512MB of extra backup space until 30 November 2008, making it easier to expand your online storage by …