Monthly Archives: July 2016

Scary Deployments

Posted on July 19, 2016 by way0utwest

I was listening to a web developer talk about some fundamental changes in a web platform. In this case, an older system was being replaced completely with a new one, and as one of the reasons, the developer showed some … Continue reading →

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Security is Getting Serious

Posted on July 18, 2016 by way0utwest

OK, if we can’t trust computer chips, what do we do? It almost feels like the security war to protect information, or at least keep it private, might be lost before our very eyes in the next decade. There’s a … Continue reading →

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Building locally from VSTS

Posted on July 18, 2016 by way0utwest

One of the things that you need with a Continuous Integration server is that ability to build your software on some computer system and verify things work. With Visual Studio Team Services, using Visual Studio online, this seems to be … Continue reading →

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MeasureUp 2016

Posted on July 15, 2016 by way0utwest

I’m heading down to Austin next weekend for MeasureUp 2016. This is a Microsoft stack conference that looks to help people build custom business software.  There are over 20 sessions, most of them devoted to .NET topics. I think I’m … Continue reading →

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