Tim Abell's life in software and beyond

Tim's Blog: "NuGet libraries to avoid"

May 8, 2025

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk NuGet libraries to avoid https://0x5.uk/2025/05/08/open-source-dotnet-library-choices/ There has been a bout of...

Tim's Blog: "Podcast: using AI for coding"

April 2, 2025

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Podcast: using AI for coding https://0x5.uk/2025/04/02/podcast-using-ai-for-coding/ 🎙️ New episode of ‘‘Software...

Tim's Blog: "Why is reading bad code so painful?!"

February 15, 2025

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Why is reading bad code so painful?! https://0x5.uk/2025/01/31/why-is-reading-bad-code-so-painful/ I was reading...

Tim's Blog: "Why is reading bad so code painful?!"

January 31, 2025

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Why is reading bad so code painful?! https://0x5.uk/2025/01/31/why-is-reading-bad-so-code-painful/ I was reading...

Tim's Blog: "Viewing git history for merged feature branches"

January 27, 2025

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Viewing git history for merged feature branches https://0x5.uk/2025/01/26/viewing-git-history-for-merged-feature-...

Tim's Blog: "Don’t use Azure CosmosDB"

January 14, 2025

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Don’t use Azure CosmosDB https://0x5.uk/2025/01/14/don't-use-azure-cosmosdb/ Don’t use Azure CosmosDB for your next...

Tim's Blog: "New rust and ssbf podcast episodes"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk New rust and ssbf podcast episodes https://0x5.uk/2023/10/26/new-rust-and-ssbf-podcast-episodes/ Hello readers, Two...

Tim's Blog: "Running xUnit Test Setup Only Once Across Multiple Test Classes"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Running xUnit Test Setup Only Once Across Multiple Test Classes https://0x5.uk/2024/08/02/running-xunit-test-setup-...

Tim's Blog: "New tool: sln-items-sync for Visual Studio solution folders"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk New tool: sln-items-sync for Visual Studio solution folders https://0x5.uk/2024/01/13/new-tool-sln-items-sync-for-...

Tim's Blog: "Why do automated tests matter?"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Why do automated tests matter? https://0x5.uk/2024/03/27/why-do-automated-tests-matter/ It might seem a bit odd to...

Tim's Blog: "Templated repos with dotnet new"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Templated repos with dotnet new https://0x5.uk/2024/03/06/templated-repos-with-dotnet-new/ I’ve been digging in to...

Tim's Blog: "Trunk based (mainline) development is (mostly) wrong"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Trunk based (mainline) development is (mostly) wrong https://0x5.uk/2024/04/18/trunk-based-development-is-wrong/...

Tim's Blog: "Running a beefy virtualbox dev server"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Running a beefy virtualbox dev server https://0x5.uk/2024/06/07/running-a-beefy-virtualbox-dev-server/ Why Sometimes...

Tim's Blog: "Should you create tickets for tech tasks?"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Should you create tickets for tech tasks? https://0x5.uk/2024/10/07/should-you-create-tickets-for-tech-tasks/ In the...

Tim's Blog: "The RAID Log: Your Guide to Surviving Chaos, Politics, and Petty Office Wars"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk The RAID Log: Your Guide to Surviving Chaos, Politics, and Petty Office Wars https://0x5.uk/2024/11/22/the-raid-log/...

Tim's Blog: "Why user stories should be shippable increments"

November 22, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Why user stories should be shippable increments https://0x5.uk/2024/09/12/why-user-stories-should-be-shippable-...

Tim's Blog: "Should you create tickets for tech tasks?"

October 7, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Should you create tickets for tech tasks? https://timwise.co.uk/2024/10/07/should-you-create-tickets-for-tech-tasks/...

Tim's Blog: "Why user stories should be shippable increments"

September 12, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Why user stories should be shippable increments https://timwise.co.uk/2024/09/12/why-user-stories-should-be-...

Tim's Blog: "Running xUnit Test Setup Only Once Across Multiple Test Classes"

August 2, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Running xUnit Test Setup Only Once Across Multiple Test Classes https://timwise.co.uk/2024/08/02/running-xunit-test-...

Tim's Blog: "Running a beefy virtualbox dev server"

June 7, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Running a beefy virtualbox dev server https://timwise.co.uk/2024/06/07/running-a-beefy-virtualbox-dev-server/ Why...

Tim's Blog: "Trunk based (mainline) development is (mostly) wrong"

April 19, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Trunk based (mainline) development is (mostly) wrong https://timwise.co.uk/2024/04/18/trunk-based-development-is-...

Tim's Blog: "Why do automated tests matter?"

March 27, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Why do automated tests matter? https://timwise.co.uk/2024/03/27/why-do-automated-tests-matter/ It might seem a bit...

Tim's Blog: "Templated repos with dotnet new"

March 6, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Templated repos with dotnet new https://timwise.co.uk/2024/03/06/templated-repos-with-dotnet-new/ I’ve been digging...

Tim's Blog: "New tool: sln-items-sync for Visual Studio solution folders"

January 13, 2024

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk New tool: sln-items-sync for Visual Studio solution folders https://timwise.co.uk/2024/01/13/new-tool-sln-items-...

Tim's Blog: "New rust and ssbf podcast episodes"

October 27, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk New rust and ssbf podcast episodes https://timwise.co.uk/2023/10/26/new-rust-and-ssbf-podcast-episodes/ Hello...

Tim's Blog: "Use kdiff3 for merge conflict resolution"

October 20, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Use kdiff3 for merge conflict resolution https://timwise.co.uk/2023/10/20/use-kdiff3-for-merge-conflict-resolution/...

Tim's Blog: "git - what do ‘base’ ‘local’ ‘remote’ mean?"

October 20, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk git - what do ‘base’ ‘local’ ‘remote’ mean? https://timwise.co.uk/2023/10/20/git-what-...

Tim's Blog: "What is Hexagonal Architecture, aka “Ports and Adapters”"

September 28, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk What is Hexagonal Architecture, aka “Ports and Adapters” https://timwise.co.uk/2023/09/28/what-is-hexagonal-...

Tim's Blog: "New podcast episodes - rust meetups and fast talkers"

June 30, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk New podcast episodes - rust meetups and fast talkers https://timwise.co.uk/2023/06/30/new-podcast-episodes-rust-...

Tim's Blog: "Enabling modern app security"

June 14, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Enabling modern app security https://timwise.co.uk/2023/06/14/enabling-modern-app-security/ A broad-view of...

Tim's Blog: "Text-based tools - the ultimate format for everything"

June 1, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Text-based tools - the ultimate format for everything https://timwise.co.uk/2023/06/01/text-based-tools-the-...

Tim's Blog: "Maintaining software - a bare minimum"

May 22, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Maintaining software - a bare minimum https://timwise.co.uk/2023/05/22/maintaining-software-a-bare-minimum/ All the...

Tim's Blog: "Zero-downtime website rewrite migrations"

May 22, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Zero-downtime website rewrite migrations https://timwise.co.uk/2023/05/22/zero-downtime-website-rewrite-migrations/...

Rust coding videos now available

May 5, 2023

Hi all, I've lately got more than a little into Rust as a programming language (the new panacea? 😁). It's pretty cool, being both modern and low-level, with...

Tim's Blog: "Website builders for non-programmers"

May 4, 2023

New blog post available on timwise.co.uk Website builders for non-programmers https://timwise.co.uk/2023/05/04/website-builders-for-non-programmers/ Here’s...

timwise - blog posts, lead dev capacity & rust

April 19, 2023

Hi all, Blog to email I’ve now set up buttondown that I use to send this newsletter to also read the blog rss feed and ping you new articles I post as...

Posts from Tim Abell for 04/06/2023

April 6, 2023

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| Here's a new thing on my blog, let me know what you think of it: Excerpts: ** The trap of two-stage commitments...

Posts from Tim Abell for 04/06/2023

April 6, 2023

Here's a new thing on my blog, let me know what you think of it: Excerpts: ** Always Add Argument Names (https://timwise.co.uk/2023/04/18/always-add-...

🤓 buttondown, bitrot & dev leading

April 18, 2022

Hello friends, You've probably forgotten you subscribed to my mailing list given it's been so long since I've emailed. This has been partly because I hate...

Read my guest post on dataedo.com

July 3, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| I love what dataedo are doing for databases, and they like what I’m doing enough to put my article into their own words and publish it on...

timwise.co.uk moves to github pages

June 21, 2019

|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT| Hi, I’ll be sending regular emails to this list now after my latest coaching call from Justin Jackson and the end of schema explorer as...

Everyone out! From mailchip to drip, plus a new SDV homepage

March 21, 2017

Hello readers, I’ve been using mailchimp (https://mailchimp.com/) for mailing the four of you (yes that’s my massive success so far, it’s all a learning...

Video tour of latest Sql Data Viewer

January 12, 2017

View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) https://youtu.be/UVIkqqZpgaQ Just a quick email to let you know how it’s coming on. Hope you enjoy the vid and...

sql data viewer - now in .net

January 10, 2017

An update from Tim Abell View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|) ** Development on sql data viewer has restarted After a hiatus I’ve decided to focus on...

sdv website update - your feedback welcome

November 19, 2015

** Updated website - what do you think? Hello :-) Thanks again for signing up for updates to sdv. I’ve done a bit of tidying up of the site, adding a signup...

sdv now has a place on the intenet

October 27, 2015

** New! Website! :-) Check it out at http://www.timwise.co.uk/sdv/ Thank you both for listening. (I really need to get better at marketing it seems!) Thanks...

v0.2 published

October 24, 2015

** v0.2 published I've done a bunch of work on this today and uploaded v0.2 to dropbox for your enjoyment. (I'm retroactively calling the previous release...

Download the first ever version of sdv

October 24, 2015

** Welcome! Thanks for signing up. I’ve been hacking away on this project and got a basic proof of concept up and running. You can grab it from here:...