About Me
I'm a technical architect with Headspring in Austin, TX. I focus on DDD, distributed systems, and any other acronym-centric design/architecture/methodology. I created AutoMapper and am a co-author of the ASP.NET MVC in Action books.
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- Scott Banwart's Blog › Distributed Weekly 207 on Saga patterns: wrap up
- Scott Banwart's Blog › Distributed Weekly 207 on Eventual consistency in REST APIs
- AquaBirdConsult on Eventual consistency in REST APIs
- Jalpesh Vadgama on Building forms for deep View Model graphs in ASP.NET MVC
- The Morning Brew - Chris Alcock » The Morning Brew #1357 on Eventual consistency in REST APIs
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Category Archives: Personal
IKEA stand up desk: two months later
I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of stand up desks. Not because of potential health benefits or anything like that, but in general I get a bit tired of sitting all day. I’m a little bit of a spaz, … Continue reading
Rdio in Twitter
Maybe it’s old news, but I can’t find anything. I recently posted a link to an Artist in Rdio inside a tweet and it showed up playable to me. I can only assume that it’s playable to anybody with a … Continue reading
Also posted in Tools
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New (to me) Applications
Recently, I’ve been using some new applications on which I should share some thoughts. LinqPad I won a copy of this at our local .Net Users Group, CRineta, and it has been great since I started using it! If I … Continue reading
Also posted in Behave#
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A healthy transition
A couple of years ago, Justice Gray shared his journey from out of shape, yet still sexy to in shape. Believe it or not, it was actually a bit of a motivation for me to get back in shape. It … Continue reading
Chris’ Year in Review 2009
Last year on this day, I wrote a review of 2008 and some goals for 2009. I had not yet started blogging for Los Techies yet, but that started at the beginning of the year. Looking back on those goals, … Continue reading
Also posted in C#
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Leaving Switzerland
Dear reader you might have asked yourself why I have been quiet for such a long time. Well, one of the reasons is that I have been preparing my move from Switzerland to the United States; and more precisely to … Continue reading
Also posted in Agile, Team Build, VSTS
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How did I get started in software development?
Well apparently Derik is trying to bring me out of my blogging hiatus by tagging me with the meme of the week. My story is pretty boring, but I’ll play along in an effort to bring me out of … Continue reading
Also posted in Misc
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Change I can achieve in
Well, this post is more of the personal variety, but it may affect future posts in one way or another (however, not like this). In short, a season of change is upon me. Big change #1. I’m getting out of … Continue reading
Also posted in Refactoring
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I Do What?
Ok, so I know I’m crazy late on this one, but things have been a bit hectic recently. And I’m not even talking about holidays. But since our newly knighted member at LosTechies has chimed in, I guess it’s about … Continue reading
Also posted in Behave#
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Trinity football wins game with 15 laterals on last play
I was very hesitant to post this on LosTechies (non-technical content), but after some thought I think this is worth it. I’m a Trinity alumni and also played football there for 2 years. This is absolutely amazing. If the … Continue reading
Also posted in Austin DDD Book Club
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