Background I’m in the privileged position of receiving more invitations to speak (at conferences, user groups and podcasts) than I can realistically agree to. I’ve decided to start applying some new criteria to how I pick which ones I go to1. However, over the last couple of years as feminism has become an increasingly important … Continue reading Diversity and speaking engagements →

This was accidentally first posted here on my Code Blog. I deleted it and subsequently posted it in the proper place on my non-code blog. I’ve restored this placeholder post just so that anyone following links to it won’t get a 404…

I’ve been following the progress of .NET Core with a lot of interest, and trying to make the Noda Time master branch keep up with it. The aim is that when Noda Time 2.0 eventually ships (apologies for the delays…) it will be compatible with .NET Core from the start. (I’d expected to be able … Continue reading Tracking down a performance hit →

Obviously I’d normally ask developer questions on Stack Overflow but in this case, it feels like the answers may be at least somewhat opinion-based. If it turns out that it’s sufficiently straightforward that a Stack Overflow question and answer would be useful, I can always repost it there later. The Facts Noda Time 1.x exists … Continue reading Versioning conundrum for Noda Time – help requested →

Source code for everything is on Github. It probably won’t be useful to you unless you’ve got very similar hardware to mine, but you may want to just have a look. Background Near the end of 2015, we had a new shed built at the back of our garden. The term “shed” is downplaying it … Continue reading Ultimate Man Cave: voice automation for my shed →