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Comment on NUnit – multiple process execution to speed up test runs by danielwould

danielwould — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:01:59 +0000

Yeah ,as it happens we just added some wmi clients to monitor cpu/mem during run. However experiments show minimal improvement for taking processes higher than cores. Not much blocking i/o

Comment on NUnit – multiple process execution to speed up test runs by Anton Piatek

Anton Piatek — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:33:22 +0000

You want to check the CPU load on the box, as 4 cpus means 4 concurrent threads, but with IO waits you might find you can run 6 concurrently before actually maxing out the CPU.

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NUnit – multiple process execution to speed up test runs « MakerGeek — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:32 +0000

[...] wrote ages ago about developing a tool to make nunit tests run in multiple threads part1 and part2. That was pretty good however it hit a slight issue in that if the tests weren’t good about [...]

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NUnit – multiple process execution to speed up test runs « MakerGeek — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:16:30 +0000

[...] wrote ages ago about developing a tool to make nunit tests run in multiple threads part1 and part2. That was pretty good however it hit a slight issue in that if the tests weren’t [...]

Comment on Retrospective on an agile project by Carl Lunt

Carl Lunt — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:23:07 +0000

Appreciate you sharing, great blog article.Really thank you! Fantastic.

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CraftSuppliesUSA artist’s sketch pencil « MakerGeek — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:32:01 +0000

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Comment on Custom Nunit runner for parallel testing part 2 by danielwould

danielwould — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:14:56 +0000

To give people ideas? To answer questions? I wanted to write about what i’d been up to, but I’m not allowed to post the code.

Comment on Custom Nunit runner for parallel testing part 2 by Paul Lehan

Paul Lehan — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:13:44 +0000

What use is saying it can be done without the code?

Comment on Fixing sofa springs by danielwould

danielwould — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:44 +0000

ha, interesting co-incidence. I think the post has a link to sofa springs you can buy via amazon (it’s an affiliate link so if you use it amazon gives me a kick back of about 2p) but I found a bunch of places that sell them, just look for zig-zag sofa springs. the important thing is the length, double check measurements before you order. good luck!

Comment on Fixing sofa springs by John Smith

John Smith — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:54:01 +0000

Unbelievable! I googled ‘sofa spring’ as my sofa has a broken spring. You have the exact same Sofa! Cheers, now I have a blow by blow account of how to fix it. Where did you get the spare spring can I ask?