Author: Anders Abel

Bubbles and Arrows Architects

We’ve all seen it: An architect explaining something with a sketch containing bubbles and arrows on a whiteboard. Sometimes the architecture is perfectly realized in the project, sometimes not. Looking at the sketches there are few differences. Why are only some possible to realize? Let’s look at a typical system sketch drawn by an architect.… Continue reading Bubbles and Arrows Architects

Make the DbContext Ambient with UnitOfWorkScope

The Entity Framework DbContext (or LINQ-to-SQL DataContext) is a Unit Of Work implementation. That means that the same DbContext should be used for all operations (both reading and writing) within a single web or service request. That means that there are a lot of different places where the DbContext have to be accessed. To avoid… Continue reading Make the DbContext Ambient with UnitOfWorkScope

What’s your Plan for when you’re Hacked?

What’s your plan on how to handle a security breach? How will you react when you’re hacked? Yes, that’s a “when” and not an “if”. Eventually it will happen. You’d better be prepared. If you ask a number of organizations on the risk of their computer security being compromised, I doubt that you’ll find a… Continue reading What’s your Plan for when you’re Hacked?