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Comment on Delicious RSS Importer by Todd Randolph

Todd Randolph — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:10:05 +0000

odd; I do not see any files at that sourceforge address?

Comment on Some fun with NSIS by waist cincher

waist cincher — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:26:55 +0000

NSIS is great mainly due to it’s community support. It’s a fountain of knowledge that ensures you’ll never be left unanswered.

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Comment on SVN Host Decision by Father B

Father B — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:30:45 +0000

Just checked CVSDude.com and they have a blog. This week alone, they’ve had several instances of site-level downtime as well as problems with people accessing their code repositories and trac or bugzilla accounts.

Comment on SVN Host Decision by Runako Godfrey

Runako Godfrey — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:34:57 +0000

Nathan --

Just as a quick update, ProjectLocker is now offering free Subversion hosting/Trac Hosting/Git Hosting accounts for up to 2 users and 300MB. Free accounts include unlimited repositories, SSL access, and FogBugz integration.

Comment on Greenfield Already! When is enough enough? by Matt Farina

Matt Farina — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:41:03 +0000

OK, I agree that all codebases are crap. But, depending on the context of the crap there is a time to rewrite it so it’s less crappie. The crappiness level to rewrite for me is when it’s cost effective to your business objectives. For example, if your system requires a lot of support to teach users how to use it because it’s not intuitive you might rewrite it (or that part) because the overall cost will be less in the end and it will be easier for users.

Also, making a more extensible architecture in and of itself is not a reason to rewrite. Some things just don’t need that and adding it can go against the business goals. If you make something more extensible but never use it though you get a performance hit that’s no good.

Now, you should never rewrite just to rewrite. For example, if you have crap code that works beautifully but you can’t stand to look at it you should leave it be. It may be ugly but it works. Rewriting code means dealing with bugs and all kinds of other goodies. The decision to do that shouldn’t happen lightly. It can hurt like a truck running over your foot.

Comment on Greenfield Already! When is enough enough? by Brett Veenstra

Brett Veenstra — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:32:10 +0000

I agree when the codebase is crap, although that can quickly get muddy. I generally think all codebases are crap, save for my flavor of the day.

More extensible architecture? I’d like to hear more detail before I weigh in. Currently, I’d disagree, as I stated above:

What we get “paid for” is actually dealing with a lot of crap code, some written by us, the rest written by others.

What kinds of things did you have in mind?

Comment on Greenfield Already! When is enough enough? by Matt Farina

Matt Farina — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:35:59 +0000

Two more cases: - The original codebase was crap. - The codebase needs a more extensible architecture (tied to the first one in some cases).

I recently rewrote a codebase because it was that bad. I usually say leave it if it works but there is a point where it's more cost effective to rewrite a codebase rather than support it.

Joomla! and it's 1.5 release is an example of the 2nd point.

Comment on SVN Host Decision by Herman

Herman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:54:42 +0000

Hi I am looking for SVN hosting as well. I will look at wush.net, cvsdude, project locker. Nathan, if you have any comments on wush.net please let me know... Thanks

Comment on SVN Host Decision by Varun

Varun — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:24:05 +0000

im looking for subversion hosting with root access and possibly backup and importing of repositories ..

please let me know if wush.net s fast and reliable ?

Comment on Delicious RSS Importer by Andy Davies

Andy Davies — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:18:03 +0000

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Comment on Some fun with NSIS by nathanbedford.com » Blog Archive » How to record audio off the internet

nathanbedford.com » Blog Archive » How to record audio off the internet — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:31:27 +0000

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Comment on Effortless GUI Mockups with Balsamiq by Matt Farina

Matt Farina — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:42:52 +0000

Have you checked out http://www.evolus.vn/Pencil/? It’s a firefox plugin that lets you do gui mockups… and it’s free. That’s what I’ve been using.

Comment on Half Baked Idea: Delicious RSS Importer by Big Design Upfront: Delicious RSS Importer | Half-Baked Bits

Big Design Upfront: Delicious RSS Importer | Half-Baked Bits — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:00:47 +0000

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Half Baked Idea: Delicious RSS Importer | Half-Baked Bits — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:38:10 +0000

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Comment on SVN Host Decision by Nathan Bedford

Nathan Bedford — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:05:55 +0000

Thanks C.G. Brown!

I'll have to check ProjectLocker out...it may be a good fit for us.

Comment on SVN Host Decision by C. G. Brown

C. G. Brown — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:42:18 +0000

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Comment on SVN Host Decision by Nathan Bedford

Nathan Bedford — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:30:42 +0000

Hi Guy, thanks for commenting!

I haven't started a trail for CVSDude yet...I think we're going to get the infrastructure set up using Wush.net for starters, and then slowly evaluate other options once we're underway. I'd love to give CVSDude a chance at some time so I can see the uptime for myself.

Do you work for CVSDude, or are you just another satisfied customer?

Comment on SVN Host Decision by Guy

Guy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:47:22 +0000

Hi Nathan- As you said about CVSDude (http://cvsdude.com), the ripple effect of system outages become larger as the customer base grows (Google has learned this the hard way). CVSDude works hard to keep its customers in the loop at all times, maintains >99.99% monthly uptime, and gets many positive reviews on this . There is also a live Status Reporting page (link from cvsdude.com), and a full-time team of friendly engineers on hand for support. Better to test out for yourself though- did you start a Trial?