Scimatic Software Blogs

Keys To The Blog Engine

Jim Graham — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:08:07 -0700

... It's what every developer wants. Being told that their opinions on, well, whatever, are critical to the growth of the company. They will supplement all the marketing, PR and HR recruiting that the company does.

To that role, we'd like to welcome Tom Leeson!

Tom's been working here on a probationary status for the last three months, and has been knocking his code and other responsibilities out of the park. We're really excited that he's here and that we can now announce him to the public. We expect that he will play a big role in the future of Scimatic.

.NET Xml Serialization with File Not Found exceptions and Dynamic Building == Slow!

Jim Graham — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:03:09 -0700

We're starting to focus on the startup time of our current application. We're sitting at about 5-8 seconds, and that's pretty good for what we're doing; however, every time we throw an exception (obviously, it gets caught), we go on a massive bug hunt.

Some of most egregious examples are System.FileNotFoundExceptions. These were cropping up in the strangest places. I started to track them down to all of our XmlSerialization.

One Year Gone

Jim Graham — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:41:06 -0700

I find it hard to fathom that it's already been one year since I joined Scimatic. It's been a great year full of exciting developments, and I think that we are well-poised to do some more great stuff in the future.

In the past year, we've done a major project for one of our European clients, and we are most of the way through a really fun project for another client -- a project that we think they'll be announcing soon.

Editor Efficiency

Jim Graham — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:04:05 -0700

I spent a few minutes yesterday working on adding some code snippets to my personal collection as I refactored a bunch of code. And it got me to thinking about how to be more efficient while using my editor.

So Much For The Cloud ...

Jim Graham — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:02:02 -0700

I've talked before how we like to have our version control and bug tracking in the "cloud". This allows us to keep synchronized from home, work, or when Jamie is writing his book in Vancouver.

Book: The Art of the Start

Jim Graham — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:49:01 -0700

Continuing my perusal through Spolsky's book list ...

Two Minor C# Tips and Tricks

Jim Graham — Wed, 20 May 2009 16:28:45 -0700

In a desperate attempt to get my blog posting rate up, I'll throw up two minor C# tips.

The E-Myth Revisited

Jim Graham — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:37:00 -0700

Most people working in small software shops know of and read Joel Spolsky. Not only does he write about technical aspects, he also comments on the business of software and how to make a business out of software.

SciBarCamp Palo Alto

Jamie McQuay — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:24:08 -0700

I'm pleased to announce that registration for SciBarCamp Palo Alto is now open. Hope to see you there!

NHibernate Was Painfully Slow, So Naturally I Thought Log4Net Must Be The Problem

Jim Graham — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:47:00 -0700

This is a cautionary tale, a what not to do when faced with a bug comes and goes and seems intractable.

We are working on a customer project with an O/RM persistence layer. We're using NHibernate, and up until recently, it's been a joy to work with. I say recently, because about a week ago, our project started to load from and save to the database in an increasingly slow fashion.