Robert McLaws: FunWithCoding.NET

Soon, all will be revealed...

Ever since I started getting screwed by... oops I mean testing... Windows Vista, I've been tired of dual-booting or re-installing VS2005 all the time. So I decided to move my entire development system to a virtual machine. It has made my life A TON easier, and now that I have more RAM, it's been fantastic.

I just upgraded to those 64bit servers that ServerBeach has in their new datacenter... but they're only running the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2003. I've been trying to find info, but have been unable thus far... does anyone have benchmark data on 32-bit on 32-bit, 32-bit on 64-bit, and 64-bit on 64-bit OS comparisons? I'd like to know if I'm getting screwed on performance or not.

As I just blogged about a few minutes ago, my business partners annd I are starting a tech-based real estate brokerage called Homentum™. We're currently looking for a paid intern or part-time developer, with the opportunity to go full time in the next few months. While we're ramping up for launch, the job will consist of performance tuning the APIs I've written, and cleaning up the web application code... but will rapidly move into innovative work with Atlas, WF, WCF, Windows Live Local, SQL Notification Services, and mobile device applications. The ideal candidate will live in Phoenix, have extensive experience with VS2005, SQL 2005, etc, and wants to do innovative things at a fast-paced startup. Living ikn Phoenix is not mandatory for the right person, but is greatly desired, as you will be our first employee hire and a key part of the team.

Many of you may have noticed that I've been awfully quuiet that last few months. Just wanted to let you know, rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

NOTE: ServerBeach may have 64-bit servers, but they are not yet running on Windows Server 2003 x64, which means they are not running at their full potential. They were also very rude to me when I confronted them about the issue. I would not recommend buying their 64-bit servers at this time, it would just be a waste of money.

I've been working on building a really great web application using ASP.NET 2.0 over the past three months, and I needed a really great tool to make building the site easier. I tested a bunch of other tools (though I won't name them cause I'll get flamed), and I just wasn't satisfied. Not wanting to have to write any more code than I had to, I wanted to be able to design a platform that would allow me to easily change things as the requirements got more complex.

I've been relatively quiet the past few months... in case some of you were wondering, here's why.