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Scalability Article up on InfoQ
2008-04-11 07:59:00
I’ve published a new article on performance and scalability on InfoQ: Spectacular Scalability with Smart Service Contracts In this article, I attempt to debunk some of the myths around stateless-ness as the key to scalability. Here’s how it starts: It was a sunny day in June 2005 and our spirits were high as we watched the new ordering system ...
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Scalability Article up on InfoQ
2008-04-11 07:59:00
I’ve published a new article on performance and scalability on InfoQ: Spectacular Scalability with Smart Service Contracts In this article, I attempt to debunk some of the myths around stateless-ness as the key to scalability. Here’s how it starts: It was a sunny day in June 2005 and our spirits were high as we watched the new ordering system ...
More About: Articles , Architecture , Performance , Article

TechEd Israel Wrap Up
2008-04-09 17:50:00
To all the people who came to see my talks at TechEd Israel , I just wanted to thank you for being such a great audience and asking insightful questions. You can find the slides here: Designing High Performance Persistent Domain Models Avoid a Failed SOA It was a bit unfortunate that video wasn’t recorded for these talks, however ...
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TechEd Israel Wrap Up
2008-04-09 17:50:00
To all the people who came to see my talks at TechEd Israel , I just wanted to thank you for being such a great audience and asking insightful questions. You can find the slides here: Designing High Performance Persistent Domain Models Avoid a Failed SOA It was a bit unfortunate that video wasn’t recorded for these talks, however ...
More About: Presentations , Wrap

TechEd Israel Wrap Up
2008-04-09 17:50:00
To all the people who came to see my talks at TechEd Israel , I just wanted to thank you for being such a great audience and asking insightful questions. You can find the slides here: Designing High Performance Persistent Domain Models Avoid a Failed SOA It was a bit unfortunate that video wasn’t recorded for these talks, however ...
More About: Presentations , Wrap

NServiceBus Explanations
2008-03-30 13:36:00
Ayende’s been going over nService Bus, seeing how it’s built, and raising various questions and concerns. I’ll begin by taking them from the outside, in - that is, first API questions, and then internal structure issues. SendLocal First of all, the effect of calling SendLocal on IBus takes all the logical messages passed in (params IMessage[] messages), wraps ...
More About: Architecture

NServiceBus Explanations
2008-03-30 13:36:00
Ayende’s been going over nService Bus, seeing how it’s built, and raising various questions and concerns. I’ll begin by taking them from the outside, in - that is, first API questions, and then internal structure issues. SendLocal First of all, the effect of calling SendLocal on IBus takes all the logical messages passed in (params IMessage[] messages), wraps ...
More About: Architecture

NServiceBus Explanations
2008-03-30 13:36:00
Ayende’s been going over nService Bus, seeing how it’s built, and raising various questions and concerns. I’ll begin by taking them from the outside, in - that is, first API questions, and then internal structure issues. SendLocal First of all, the effect of calling SendLocal on IBus takes all the logical messages passed in (params IMessage[] messages), wraps ...
More About: Architecture

NServiceBus Explanations
2008-03-30 13:24:00
Ayende’s been going over nServiceBus, seeing how it’s built, and raising various questions and concerns. I’ll begin by taking them from the outside, in - that is, first API questions, and then internal structure issues. SendLocal First of all, the effect of calling SendLocal on IBus takes all the logical messages passed in (params IMessage[] messages), wraps ...

NServiceBus Explanations
2008-03-30 13:23:00
Ayende’s been going over nServiceBus, seeing how it’s built, and raising various questions and concerns. I’ll begin by taking them from the outside, in - that is, first API questions, and then internal structure issues. SendLocal First of all, the effect of calling SendLocal on IBus takes all the logical messages passed in (params IMessage[] messages), wraps ...

Judgement and Experience
2008-03-30 11:16:00
[Filed under quotable quotes] Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement - if you survive it. [Source]
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Judgement and Experience
2008-03-30 11:16:00
[Filed under quotable quotes] Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement - if you survive it. [Source]
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Judgement and Experience
2008-03-30 11:16:00
[Filed under quotable quotes] Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement - if you survive it. [Source]
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I Hate WSDL
2008-03-28 17:44:00
Ted says it really well, and let me add a big +1. Note to those who didn’t attend the session: you didn’t hear me say it, so I’ll repeat it: I hate WSDL almost as much as I hate Las Vegas. Ask me why sometime, or if I get enough of a critical mass of questions, ...
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I Hate WSDL
2008-03-28 17:44:00
Ted says it really well, and let me add a big +1. Note to those who didn’t attend the session: you didn’t hear me say it, so I’ll repeat it: I hate WSDL almost as much as I hate Las Vegas. Ask me why sometime, or if I get enough of a critical mass of questions, ...
More About: Architecture , Service , Hate , Web Services

I Hate WSDL
2008-03-28 17:44:00
Ted says it really well, and let me add a big +1. Note to those who didn’t attend the session: you didn’t hear me say it, so I’ll repeat it: I hate WSDL almost as much as I hate Las Vegas. Ask me why sometime, or if I get enough of a critical mass of questions, ...
More About: Architecture , Service , Hate , Web Services

SOA Training Videos and Pricing
2008-03-24 11:15:00
It looks like the SOA training videos will start coming in the next week or so. So, I’ve started thinking what else should be included so that you get the most out of them. Here’s what I’ve currently got in mind: All the powerpoint presentations Full source and samples of nService Bus so you can run the code as ...
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SOA Training Videos and Pricing
2008-03-24 11:15:00
It looks like the SOA training videos will start coming in the next week or so. So, I’ve started thinking what else should be included so that you get the most out of them. Here’s what I’ve currently got in mind: All the powerpoint presentations Full source and samples of nService Bus so you can run the code as ...
More About: Videos , Training

SOA Training Videos and Pricing
2008-03-24 11:15:00
It looks like the SOA training videos will start coming in the next week or so. So, I’ve started thinking what else should be included so that you get the most out of them. Here’s what I’ve currently got in mind: All the powerpoint presentations Full source and samples of nService Bus so you can run the code as ...
More About: Videos , Training

QCon London 2008 Recap
2008-03-20 10:07:00
Well QCon was a blast. NService Bus Tutorial I gave a full day tutorial on nServiceBus and we had a full house! The tutorial was about 90% how to think about distributed systems, and 10% mapping those concepts onto nServiceBus. I made an effort to cram about 3 days of a 5 day training course I give clients ...
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QCon London 2008 Recap
2008-03-20 10:07:00
Well QCon was a blast. NService Bus Tutorial I gave a full day tutorial on nServiceBus and we had a full house! The tutorial was about 90% how to think about distributed systems, and 10% mapping those concepts onto nServiceBus. I made an effort to cram about 3 days of a 5 day training course I give clients ...
More About: London , Presentations , Recap , Web Services

QCon London 2008 Recap
2008-03-20 10:07:00
Well QCon was a blast. NService Bus Tutorial I gave a full day tutorial on nServiceBus and we had a full house! The tutorial was about 90% how to think about distributed systems, and 10% mapping those concepts onto nServiceBus. I made an effort to cram about 3 days of a 5 day training course I give clients ...
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Sundblad Mistaken on Services
2008-03-16 14:29:00
The brilliant guys at 2xSundbland have launched their architect academy and it looks quite promising. I haven’t yet taken the trial lesson, but its in the queue. I have taken a look at the articles they have on the site as well, and they’re quite good. I especially like the Software Architecture vs. Software Engineering ...
More About: Services

Sundblad Mistaken on Services
2008-03-16 14:29:00
The brilliant guys at 2xSundbland have launched their architect academy and it looks quite promising. I haven’t yet taken the trial lesson, but its in the queue. I have taken a look at the articles they have on the site as well, and they’re quite good. I especially like the Software Architecture vs. Software Engineering ...
More About: Services

Sundblad Mistaken on Services
2008-03-16 14:29:00
The brilliant guys at 2xSundbland have launched their architect academy and it looks quite promising. I haven’t yet taken the trial lesson, but its in the queue. I have taken a look at the articles they have on the site as well, and they’re quite good. I especially like the Software Architecture vs. Software Engineering ...
More About: Services

[Podcast] REST + Messaging = Enterprise Solutions
2008-03-16 13:40:00
In this podcast we revisit the topic of REST and how to make it work for process-centric enterprise systems. After describing the basic advantages and pitfalls of plain resource thinking, we’ll look at how mapping messaging concepts to resources provides solutions for transactional, multi-resource processing.   Download Download via the Dr. Dobb?s site Or download directly here. Additional References Podcast : “REST ...
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[Podcast] REST + Messaging = Enterprise Solutions
2008-03-16 13:40:00
In this podcast we revisit the topic of REST and how to make it work for process-centric enterprise systems. After describing the basic advantages and pitfalls of plain resource thinking, we’ll look at how mapping messaging concepts to resources provides solutions for transactional, multi-resource processing.   Download Download via the Dr. Dobbâ??s site Or download directly here. Additional References Podcast : “REST ...
More About: Rest , Web Services , Solutions , Enterprise

[Podcast] REST + Messaging = Enterprise Solutions
2008-03-16 13:40:00
In this podcast we revisit the topic of REST and how to make it work for process-centric enterprise systems. After describing the basic advantages and pitfalls of plain resource thinking, we’ll look at how mapping messaging concepts to resources provides solutions for transactional, multi-resource processing.   Download Download via the Dr. Dobb?s site Or download directly here. Additional References Podcast : “REST ...
More About: Rest , Web Services , Solutions , Enterprise

How to create fully encapsulated Domain Models
2008-02-29 15:40:00
Most people getting started with DDD and the Domain Model pattern get stuck on this. For a while I tried answering this on the discussion groups, but here we have a nice example that I can point to next time. The underlying problem I’ve noticed over the past few years is that developers are still ...
More About: Business Rules , Architecture , Models , Development

How to create fully encapsulated Domain Models
2008-02-29 15:40:00
Most people getting started with DDD and the Domain Model pattern get stuck on this. For a while I tried answering this on the discussion groups, but here we have a nice example that I can point to next time. The underlying problem I’ve noticed over the past few years is that developers are still ...
More About: Business Rules , Architecture , Models , Development