In 2006 I wrote, but apparently never published a blog post (it’s now published) talking about performance in .NET managed applications. In some ways, not much has changed in the last 13 years about writing efficient code. You still need to have an understanding of the performance cost of... Read more

Almost 3 years ago I decided to move my blog to a GitHub repository. A few days ago, I needed to make some minor enhancements to it and also set up another blog. When I first set up my blog, it wasn’t an entirely straightforward or easy process to... Read more

A few days ago I blogged about starting the Fit In February Challenge. Since then, my son and I are both participating in the challenge with daily stretches (mostly focused on the calf, hamstrings, and inner thighs) and some basic body weight exercises. For the body weight exercises, we’re... Read more

Overview This is something I did in February 2009, when Caleb Jenkins ran the original challenge as a competition. Ten years later, I think it’s still important for everyone to get (or stay) fit, so I’m bringing it back, after a fashion. The Fit in February Challenge is... Read more

Visual Studio has always allowed you to specify a version number for your .NET projects using the [assembly:AssemblyVersionAttribute("2.0.1")] syntax, usually in an AssemblyInfo.cs file. You can even use some special syntax to generate the build or revision number automatically. You can specify all the values... Read more