Lessons learned from NHProf

I went to another Skillsmatter event last night where Ayende was taking about some of the lessons learned from building NHProf. The points that stuck in my mind were:

* Every build goes straight to release

* Sometimes Not Invented Here is fine.

This led me to think about some other things:

* Think about the application you are building. If it's not an enterprise application the do you really need to apply enterprise patterns. I'm not saying "don't". I'm just saying think about what is appropriate for your situation.

* Ayende built his own build server. Is it appropriate for you to do the same? It depends :-) The reason that many people use things like Cruise Control, Team City etc is because they are well known tools. In companies where employees come and go the use of these standard tools means that new employees already know how these things work and can concentrate on learning the business stuff rather than the supporting infrastructure.

As an aside, Skillsmatter are doing a special rate of £75 until Sunday 28th Feb for their 3 day tutorials event. I attended this last year and I thought it provided good value for money. See their site for details.