How I’m robbing the coffee shop when I bring my laptop

By On March 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

So I’m working from home today (actually a coffee shop next to my house), and I had a rather odd realization. I realized that when I show up here my usual 2-3 times a week and bring my laptop to work on code, I’m totally robbing this place.

The place I frequent has an [...]

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Becoming a Citizen Activist Via Code

On March 6, 2012 By

So I live in Philadelphia, and if you’ve been watching your cable over the past year+ I’m sure you’ve seen at least an ad for a show called Parking Wars on A&E. Aside from the general absurdity of the show, there is truth to one huge point being made on there: [...]

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RESTful WCF and choosing the right IoC Container

On December 21, 2011 By

So in creating a RESTful service at work, I knew I wanted to implement IoC because frankly IoC and DI are the only ways to create scalable code that actually works with proper unit tests. In deciding what container to use, I looked at the usual suspects: Castle Windsor (my old [...]

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NHibernate mapping to VARCHAR data types…don’t let the ORM beat you

On November 5, 2011 By

So I just wrapped up creating a RESTful service that matches on address values and does…stuff. Anyway, I’ve been struggling with trying to diagnose why my queries were taking upwards of 60+ seconds to run when in SQL Mgmt Studio it was under a millisecond to run.

I figured it was NHibernate, and [...]

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Back from GoDaddy.com purgatory

On November 2, 2011 By

So here’s my blog, back in action.  Not that I ever did much, but that’s a-changin’.  This week I will be rolling out a new design/updates along with 1-2 posts a week ranging from .NET and software tips/tricks, to fantasy football and music.  In the mean time check out my Twitter (@bryangrimes) stuff [...]

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