http://www.directsystems.com/devblog Cracking the code! Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:00:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I work alone, from a developer's perspective, so I don't really know how other programmers embrace new technology. In the past, I would have to scour Google looking for bits and pieces of information and scroll through pages of ads to get an "expert" opinion. Now a days, I ... http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/2009/08/31/your-weakness-could-be-your-biggest-asset/ Both the Loading Dock and Central Service are built on Microsoft .NET framework, specifically Windows Communication Foundation.  The applications will utilize Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology  to perform functions such as authentication, tracing, administration and load balancing.  Unlike traditional pure (de-centralized) networks commonly associated with P2P (file sharing for example), we are ... http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/2009/08/14/p2p-and-everywhere/ I'm developing a new module called "File Cabinet" that is a central repository for storage and distribution of text and image files. By utilizing the FILESTREAM attribute of the varbinary(MAX)  data type in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (any edition) we are actually storing the binary file information directly to an NTFS ... http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/2009/07/19/file-cabinet-the-new-correspondence-manager/ So Bob is out of town on vacation for 2 weeks... I have the place to myself!!!  Well, not exactly. There's always Lynsey manning the front desk and Howard coming in to stir up the pot and run the day to day.  Our support staff works from home either all ... http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/2009/07/16/home-alone/