Release It!

June 17, 2010 Books No Comments

Release It!, Michael T. Nygard

A stunningly good book!  I really wish I’d read this book earlier.  If you are responsible for developing any kind of web system that needs to be up 24/7 then you must read this.  The book is full of  useful design patterns and anti-patterns, and I must admit the number of times I thought, ‘yup, trying to fix one of those problems right now’!
My only complaint is that the examples are all Java related, and I develop C# systems, even still the lessons, concepts and patterns are cross platform (some is a bit specific).

If it’s not a course book then it should be! and if it’s not then it should be the first book you read before trying to build a real enterprise level web system.

Gone Tomorrow

June 12, 2010 Random No Comments

Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child

Another thrilling installment in the Jack Reacher series.   It’s great to be part of another episode in Jack Reachers life.  From witnessing a bizarre suicide on a let night subway to a full on conspiracy, with the men in dark suits out to track dowand silence Jack .  Brilliant.