The Pragmatic Consultant

Posts Tagged ‘Spot’

Live to tell about it!

Thanks god is Friday! Time to breath some fresh air, go out and do some hike.

Want to see my last known position? Check this out:

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0fsO8qVuo7rat0EBdioLWddeqUvKpLeMk

See you out there!

Off Topic:

  • Should I use an ORM tool like SubSonic, nHibernate, or .netTiers? Which one of these have the best performance? I am current using bare DataReaders (which are lighting-fast), but I am sick of updating the DAL components with every change in the DB. Should I stay or move? Now or never..
  • Remember the performance benefits of using SPs vs Inline-SQL? Well, since SQL 2K both methods have pretty much the same performance! Both are compiled by the DB engine. Did you know that?? Check this.
  • Building a quick-n-dirty Web app to CRUD the data of the H Initiative. Playing with GuidViews,  DetailViews and SqlDataSource controls, knowing their pros/limitations.
  • I finally got my Windows Azure and SQL Azure test accounts. Time to current iteration the H Initiative in the clouds.