Gunnar Kudrjavets describes why a source control system is not a recycle bin or a backup repository.

Fritz Onion links to a new wiki page containing his article on building ASP.NET applications without using the Web Project wizard of the IDE. The web project Visual Studio creates by default limits your flexibility when solutions need to move or new projects join the solution. See how to build a web application using a class library project.

Rick Strahl has some code and debugging tips for those trying to build an Add-In for Visual Studio.

If you want some insight into the minds of two talented developers and authors, read James Avery's post and Scott Mitchell's post about their thoughts on becoming independent software contractors.

Alan Dean shows how to use SQL Server's CONVERT function to stop exceptions when using the DateTime Parse function on a stored procedure resultset.

Microsof't BCL team gives an in-depth description on the importance of closing a StreamReader object.

Tony Chor provides a high level description of architectural and user experienece changes made to Internet Explorer in XP SP2.