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My new clients have responded to our shockingly complex architecture by specifying, get this, the names of the source code files we are to deliver. So, apparently if we can't negotiate this away, our class structure will be memorialized in the specification contract! Oh, Lordy. Why does the phrase "sunk …

Already I'm seeing people falling into the interface vs. implementation mistake with LINQ. Because I think LINQ is a big deal, I'm going to put up a LINQ Wiki RSN, but I had to post this because it got under my skin so: The compiler does not translate your query …

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::: {.Section1} [Sigh]{style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:Arial;font-style:italic"}[. I’m just ramping up on a project. Client sez all the right things: “best practices,” “do the right thing,” etc. We develop an architectural proposal; they sign off on it. We develop our first prototype, they say “Whoa, nelly …