Last day at Readify

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.Tomorrow is a bitter-sweet day, as it will be my last day at Readify [http://readify.net/]. I

Starting my Micro ISV - General Setup

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.A couple of weeks ago I opened Octopus to private beta, and now the betas are available for

Octopus Public Beta

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.Octopus downloads are now available from the OctopusDeploy website [https://octopus.com/].

Uncertainty and the Nanny Stack

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.The drama around Windows 8 is getting a bit tiring. Now there's an Open Plea by

Octopus

Introducing Octopus, my MicroISV

A few weeks ago I posted some screenshots of an application I'm working on. A few people guessed, rightly, that it is a tool for automated deployment.

Windows 8

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.So the rumors are true. Windows 8, from the bootloader to the composition engine, is going to be

Sneak peek

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.Here are a few screenshots from a little application I'm working on. Can you figure out

Five years at Readify

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.Sunday, 8th of May marks five years at Readify [http://www.paulstovell.com] for me. This week I

Performance from Day 1

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.Performance is important. You can meet all of the requirements, and be completely bug free, but if a

Don't cha

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.Don't cha wish your blog engine was hot like me [http://blog.sitereactor.dk/]? Don'

Integration: Coupling

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity."Coupling [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(computer_programming)]", in code, is usually described as loose

Integration: Messaging

This is an old post and doesn't necessarily reflect my current thinking on a topic, and some links or images may not work. The text is preserved here for posterity.We have been exploring [http://www.paulstovell.com/integration/scenario] ways to share customer information between these two