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Profiling legacy code using characterization tests
As you might have read, I've been refactoring some example code for a multi-threaded cache that I got from CodeProject into a source-only NuGet package which will soon be published as FluidCaching. Since this cache has been built to be very performant, the internal algorithms are not trivial to g...
A least recently used cache that you can use without worrying
At the beginning of this year, I reported on my endeavors to use RavenDB as a projection store for an event sourced system. One of the things I tried to speed up RavenDB's projection speed was to use the Least Recently Used cache developed by Brian Agnes a couple of years ago. This cache gave us ...
How Git can help you prevent building a monolith
During last weeks' Git Like a Pro talk I tried to convey the message that switching to Git is much more than introducing a new source control system. It will affect not just the way you commit source code, branch or merge, it changes the entire development workflow. In fact, I'm willing to claim ...
Why C#’s “var” keyword can hamper maintainability
Coding conventions never cease to be a great source for heated debates. However, within the C# realm, two specific topics tend to reappear occasionally. The first one is about whether or not to use underscores for class fields (but I'm not going to discuss that here). The other one is the usage o...
Why every software architect is also an entrepeneur
I'm not sure when it happened exactly, but at some point this month while watching the new TV show Billions, it dawned on me: being an architect is just like being an entrepreneur, just without the huge financial benefits and risks. I might be wrong about this, or worse, I might be insulting our ...