Scaling NServiceBus

Featuring Jimmy Bogard

Building systems with NServiceBus is easy, but scaling can be a challenge. While the developer-friendly APIs and safe-by-default modes are great for the majority of systems I work with, I've found that scaling is not as simple as turning a dial to achieve better performance.

ORMs - You're doing it wrong

Featuring Jimmy Bogard

Nothing gets DBAs more riled up than a developer infatuated with an Object-Relational Mapper. ORMs work great at mapping from relational to objects, but can be a crutch. If you want to make your DBA (and your users happy), you’ll want to use your ORM intelligently.

In this session, we’ll look at...

Continuous deployment the Octopus way

Featuring Jimmy Bogard

Deployments are hard, if you're using the wrong tool. Microsoft tooling works well for simple scenarios, but fall down when things move beyond simple. Enter Octopus Deploy, the deployment system you've always needed, but never knew you wanted.

Building External DSLs for Fun and Profit

Featuring Jimmy Bogard

We've all seen the explosion of fluent interfaces and internal DSLs with the language-oriented features of recent releases of C#. Dynamic languages extend the boundaries even further, where we can bend the programming languages to our will.

But what if we want to move beyond the barriers of...

Real World Polyglot Persistence

Featuring Jimmy Bogard

In this session, we'll look at the multitude of challenges of achieving polyglot persistence nirvana, and strategies for addressing associated risks.