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GIT and Red Gate SQL Source Control
I am a huge fan of Red Gate SQL Source Control because it makes source controlling/deploying your database easier. I am aware of the MS Database Projects abomination application and the short version...
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Hey App, quit wasting my time sorting your data
An issue I run into quite a bit is unnecessary sorting in the database. I'm not talking about the sort of 'Get last 5' type of sorting where you need to sort to get a valid result set. I'm talking...
View ArticleI’m leaving SQL Server for Postgres
Ok, well I'm not leaving SQL Server professionally (or financially!) but another relational database platform has clearly captured my heart. That platform is Postgres! Through a combination of...
View ArticleTSQL Tuesday #28 – Jack of all Trades, Master of One
If you want the back story on what this topic is all about - http://sqlblog.com/blogs/argenis_fernandez/archive/2012/03/05/t-sql-tuesday-028-jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none.aspx Argenis went on some...
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Running ASP.NET MVC4 on Ubuntu 12.04
The single most question I get regarding our Hello Postgres series over Tekpub is "How are you running your app on Linux?" As much as I enjoy sending volleys of fragmented explanations over emails to...
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CI with MVC4 and Linux? No Problem
There are a lot of tools out there that we can use to automate our awesomeness. One of those easy/free/fun tools is a continuous integration (CI) server. Since we are building in Windows and deploying...
View ArticleContent length issue on 404 pages in Padrino 10.7
I've been tooling around with PadrinoRB lately. Personally, it has been a nice mix of SinatraRB and Rails. One of the annoying issues I've hit is that when I define a view for my 404 errors: error 404...
View ArticleUsing Unicorn with Sinatra or Padrino on Heroku
My apps on Heroku have been cruising along ok using Thin as my rack server, but on my VPS boxes, Unicorn. I was hoping to keep a more consistent experience for myself and as it turns out, getting my...
View ArticleWhat .NET ORM should I use?
I get asked all the time "What ORM should I use?" I typically answer the person with some spaghetti types/talks which of course runs counter to the DRY principle. To help get away from that, I'll hash...
View ArticleA little bit more about sorting
As a big fan of not sorting in the database when I don't have to, I have often resorted to heavy handed javascript libraries like datatables.net. I do this in large part because I am just awful at...
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