Paul Devenney

Thoughts on The Phoenix Project

I finally got round to reading The Phoenix Project last weekend. I know right? It's about time. I thought I'd share a few thoughts, as I think it's a great book and well worth a read for anyone in a business delivering products depending on IT (hint, near Read More

Could not copy the file manifest because it was not found

This is an old chestnut that has maddened me for quite some time. It all starts with the error message C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4453, 5): error MSB3030: Could not copy the  Read More

Going Native is All Too Easy

We tend to fall into the same traps over time, not matter how much we try. When I was a consultant, it was very easy to correct a client who demanded technical solutions instead of listing their business objectives. It was my job to re translate that back into Read More

Pros and Cons: Comparing RavenDB and FoundationDB

We've recently been evaluating options for storage for a new profiles micro-service. The original prototype for this was produced in Raven, but recently other teams within the business have been having some level of success with FoundationDB. While RavenDB is Read More

It's great when your tools make you more effective...

Today I wrote some code, which my integration tests showed a regression in. I fixed this and merged to Git. Hub. Team City automatically build and versioned a package, which Octopus Deploy deployed to dev01. I then ran my load tests, which showed things h Read More