The Daily Grind 1286

by Mike Gunderloy
Monday, December 3, 2007

Hm, did anyone order torrential rain this month?

TFS Quick Search Plugin - Help for the developer managing long lists of items in TFS.
Hardware Helper Library for C# - Code to monitor, enable, and disable devices.

Deconstructing Software - Patrick Smacchia demonstrates how he investigates the architecture of an existing application.
[Build Knowledge] Versioning - How to use NAnt and CruiseControl.NET to handle versioning. (via DotNetKicks)
The Mother of Exception Handling Anti-Patterns - "Failing fast doesn't have to mean failing ugly."
What's Ailing ASP.NET Web Forms - An overview from Rick Strahl.

Who is to say that my knife is too sharp for my own good? - Jeffrey Palermo argues for powerful but dangerous tools.
Microsoft the company vs. Microsoft Employees - Oren Eini speculates about the nasty duality at Microsoft.
How Do You Grow As A Developer? - Joel Ross poses one of the eternal questions.
Zero bug releases - And why they're a bad thing.

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Mike Gunderloy is the editor of Larkware, the daily .NET 2.0 newspaper of record.