My recent road trip was a great reminder how quality is durable. As I passed through familiar territory, it was interesting to see how many building and places stood the test of time.

Hello
My name is J.D. Meier.  I’m currently a Program Manager at Microsoft on the patterns & practices team.  I build prescriptive guidance to help customers build applications on the Microsoft platform.    
Why I’m Blogging
The goal of this blog is to improve software engineering.  The gap between the state of the art and the state of the practice is huge.  I hope to help bridge this gap.  Although I’ve already shared a lot of what I know in various books, articles, Wikis and blogs, I hope to use this …