A little stress is a good thing
Overworked and overstressed is a recipe for disaster. But what about the opposite? Imagine never caring enough to be stressed about anything....
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Articles of Grant Winney
How to log errors in WinForms using NLog
Logs are a great tool for squashing bugs and tracing errors. Let's see how to add NLog to our project....
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Increase in holiness with Hallow
The best apps don't just make life easier, but better. They meet us where we're at, and help us get where we want to go. Say hello to Hallow....
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How we used to do it
Constructive arguments are about give and take. When one person always has to have the final say, it hurts the whole team....
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How to move a subdirectory into its own repository with history
Need to pull a subdirectory out of repo A and create a new repo B out with it? Including full history and branches? Okay, here's how....
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How long will it take?
Asking how long something will take isn't unreasonable. We're all trying to manage expectations, at work and outside of it. The easy answer is "by end of day"... every day for a week or two. But can we do better?...
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Can I write my own HTML tags?
Can you create your own HTML tags? The answer is..... sorta. Yes and no. Not completely, but a little. Typical, I know....
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Avoiding tribal knowledge
When I was less skilled as a developer, it was enough to just stay afloat, learning what I needed for the current day or project. As my skill and confidence grows, I've come to appreciate the extra things in life - like a decent set of docs....
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