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.NET

Failing fast with invalid configuration in .NET | 24 Feb 2023
Building APIs with MongoDB and .NET Minimal APIs | 12 Feb 2023
Swapping controller actions based on requests | 31 Jan 2023
URL Shortener API in .NET by Utilising Minimal APIs | 18 Oct 2022
Debugging .NET Configuration | 12 Aug 2022
Setting up MongoDB to Use Standard GUIDs in C# | 18 Feb 2022
DDD Values Types in C# with MongoDB | 03 Jan 2022
Extra Validation Errors In ASP.NET Core | 02 Jan 2022
Manipulate JSON with System.Text.Json.Nodes | 29 Dec 2021
Exporting unit test results from a multi-stage docker build | 09 Aug 2021
Tracing MongoDB queries with the AWS X-Ray SDK for .NET in C# | 27 Jun 2021
Formatting DateOnly types as ISO 8601 in ASP.NET Core responses | 22 May 2021
Filling PDF forms for free using PDFtk with .NET Core and .NET 5 | 16 May 2021
Arrays in Azure App Service App Settings Configuration with Terraform | 24 Feb 2021
Branch by Abstraction with Microsoft Feature Management | 28 Dec 2020
Updating Arrays in MongoDB with C# | 23 Mar 2020
Creating MongoDB indexes in ASP.NET Core 3.1 | 06 Mar 2020
Finding documents in MongoDB using C# | 28 Feb 2020
Testing timer triggers in Azure Functions | 20 Feb 2020
Adding errors to model state and returning bad request within asp.net core 3.1 | 09 Feb 2020
Colourful Consoles Using C# and .NET | 03 Dec 2019
Notifying Customers of Errors with MassTransit | 30 Apr 2016
AutoMapper and Autofac Revisited | 24 Feb 2016
Tagging Bitbucket repositories with AppVeyor | 29 Sep 2015
Getting along with AutoMapper and Autofac | 14 Sep 2015
Dealing with application configuration | 20 Apr 2014
Using secure string | 14 Mar 2014
Testing workflow activities | 09 Mar 2014
Reskinning built-in workflow activities | 28 Feb 2014

ASP.NET Core

Failing fast with invalid configuration in .NET | 24 Feb 2023
Building APIs with MongoDB and .NET Minimal APIs | 12 Feb 2023
Swapping controller actions based on requests | 31 Jan 2023
Extra Validation Errors In ASP.NET Core | 02 Jan 2022
Arrays in Azure App Service App Settings Configuration with Terraform | 24 Feb 2021
Branch by Abstraction with Microsoft Feature Management | 28 Dec 2020
Adding errors to model state and returning bad request within asp.net core 3.1 | 09 Feb 2020

AWS

Tracing MongoDB queries with the AWS X-Ray SDK for .NET in C# | 27 Jun 2021
Build and Releasing with VSTS for multiple AWS Serverless Stacks | 13 Aug 2018
Deploying multiple applications to an auto scaling group with CodeDeploy | 20 Oct 2017
CodeDeploy Agent Failing To Start | 02 Oct 2017

Abstraction

Dealing with application configuration | 20 Apr 2014

Actions

Running GitHub Action steps and jobs only on push to master | 10 Jun 2020
Creating a job scoped computed environment variable in GitHub Actions. | 25 Apr 2020

Aggregation

Paging data in MongoDB with C# | 27 Jan 2020

Agile

Getting 100% test coverage | 26 Nov 2016

App Service

Allowing null origin in Azure App Service | 18 May 2020

AppVeyor

Tagging Bitbucket repositories with AppVeyor | 29 Sep 2015
Using PowerShell to replace appsettings | 18 Sep 2015

Auth0

Restrict user registration per application on Auth0 | 06 Jul 2021

Authentication

Restrict user registration per application on Auth0 | 06 Jul 2021

Authorization

Restrict user registration per application on Auth0 | 06 Jul 2021

Auto Scaling Groups

Deploying multiple applications to an auto scaling group with CodeDeploy | 20 Oct 2017

AutoMapper

AutoMapper and Autofac Revisited | 24 Feb 2016
Getting along with AutoMapper and Autofac | 14 Sep 2015

Autofac

AutoMapper and Autofac Revisited | 24 Feb 2016
Getting along with AutoMapper and Autofac | 14 Sep 2015

Azure

Syncing files between OpenMediaVault and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage with Rclone | 01 Aug 2021
Allowing null origin in Azure App Service | 18 May 2020
Using MongoDB and Azure Functions | 24 Feb 2019
Transferring big payloads with MassTransit and Azure Blob Storage | 18 May 2017
Using multiple Service Fabric remote listeners | 12 Feb 2017
End to end testing with Service Fabric | 21 Jan 2017

Azure Functions

Testing timer triggers in Azure Functions | 20 Feb 2020
Azure Functions with Visual Studio 2017 15.3 | 18 Aug 2017

BenchmarkDotNet

Combining Two Sorted Generic Enumerables in C# | 25 Sep 2020

Bitbucket

Connecting to service containers from a multi-staged docker build in Bitbucket pipeline | 29 Jul 2021
Tagging Bitbucket repositories with AppVeyor | 29 Sep 2015

Blob Storage

Syncing files between OpenMediaVault and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage with Rclone | 01 Aug 2021
Transferring big payloads with MassTransit and Azure Blob Storage | 18 May 2017

Build

Using multi-stage builds to create class library NuGet packages. | 02 May 2020

C#

Setting up MongoDB to Use Standard GUIDs in C# | 18 Feb 2022
DDD Values Types in C# with MongoDB | 03 Jan 2022
Extra Validation Errors In ASP.NET Core | 02 Jan 2022
Manipulate JSON with System.Text.Json.Nodes | 29 Dec 2021
Traversing JSON with JsonDocument | 19 Dec 2021
Tracing MongoDB queries with the AWS X-Ray SDK for .NET in C# | 27 Jun 2021
Formatting DateOnly types as ISO 8601 in ASP.NET Core responses | 22 May 2021
Filling PDF forms for free using PDFtk with .NET Core and .NET 5 | 16 May 2021
Branch by Abstraction with Microsoft Feature Management | 28 Dec 2020
Combining Two Sorted Generic Enumerables in C# | 25 Sep 2020
Augmenting MongoDB LINQ with low level mongo query. | 18 Aug 2020
Storing decimals values in MongoDB with C# | 02 Jul 2020
Storing GUIDs as strings in MongoDB with C# | 25 Jun 2020
Updating Arrays in MongoDB with C# | 23 Mar 2020
Creating MongoDB indexes in ASP.NET Core 3.1 | 06 Mar 2020
Finding documents in MongoDB using C# | 28 Feb 2020
Testing timer triggers in Azure Functions | 20 Feb 2020
Adding errors to model state and returning bad request within asp.net core 3.1 | 09 Feb 2020
Paging data in MongoDB with C# | 27 Jan 2020
Colourful Consoles Using C# and .NET | 03 Dec 2019
Using MongoDB and Azure Functions | 24 Feb 2019
Simplifying Branching Logic in Cake Builds | 18 Jan 2019
Build and Releasing with VSTS for multiple AWS Serverless Stacks | 13 Aug 2018
Configuring private VSTS NuGet feeds with Cake | 06 Aug 2018
Transferring big payloads with MassTransit and Azure Blob Storage | 18 May 2017
Reactive reliable queue in Service Fabric | 08 Mar 2017
Using multiple Service Fabric remote listeners | 12 Feb 2017
Comments in code | 07 Jan 2017
Unit testing Service Fabric stateful services | 17 Dec 2016
Getting 100% test coverage | 26 Nov 2016
Notifying Customers of Errors with MassTransit | 30 Apr 2016
AutoMapper and Autofac Revisited | 24 Feb 2016
Getting along with AutoMapper and Autofac | 14 Sep 2015
Dealing with application configuration | 20 Apr 2014
Using secure string | 14 Mar 2014
Testing workflow activities | 09 Mar 2014
Reskinning built-in workflow activities | 28 Feb 2014

CD

Using PowerShell to replace appsettings | 18 Sep 2015

CI

Exporting unit test results from a multi-stage docker build | 09 Aug 2021
Connecting to service containers from a multi-staged docker build in Bitbucket pipeline | 29 Jul 2021
Running GitHub Action steps and jobs only on push to master | 10 Jun 2020
Simplifying Branching Logic in Cake Builds | 18 Jan 2019
Build and Releasing with VSTS for multiple AWS Serverless Stacks | 13 Aug 2018
Configuring private VSTS NuGet feeds with Cake | 06 Aug 2018
Tagging Bitbucket repositories with AppVeyor | 29 Sep 2015
Using PowerShell to replace appsettings | 18 Sep 2015

CLI

Colourful Consoles Using C# and .NET | 03 Dec 2019

CORS

Allowing null origin in Azure App Service | 18 May 2020

CakeBuild

Simplifying Branching Logic in Cake Builds | 18 Jan 2019
Configuring private VSTS NuGet feeds with Cake | 06 Aug 2018

Class Library

Using multi-stage builds to create class library NuGet packages. | 02 May 2020

Clean Code

Comments in code | 07 Jan 2017

CloudFormation

Build and Releasing with VSTS for multiple AWS Serverless Stacks | 13 Aug 2018

Code Coverage

Getting 100% test coverage | 26 Nov 2016

Code Quality

Script It | 07 Nov 2015

CodeDeploy

Deploying multiple applications to an auto scaling group with CodeDeploy | 20 Oct 2017
CodeDeploy Agent Failing To Start | 02 Oct 2017

Colour

Colourful Consoles Using C# and .NET | 03 Dec 2019

Configuration

Failing fast with invalid configuration in .NET | 24 Feb 2023
Debugging .NET Configuration | 12 Aug 2022
Arrays in Azure App Service App Settings Configuration with Terraform | 24 Feb 2021
Dealing with application configuration | 20 Apr 2014

Console

Colourful Consoles Using C# and .NET | 03 Dec 2019

Continuous Integration

Exporting unit test results from a multi-stage docker build | 09 Aug 2021
Connecting to service containers from a multi-staged docker build in Bitbucket pipeline | 29 Jul 2021
End to end testing with Service Fabric | 21 Jan 2017

Cordova

Using Local APIs with Cordova | 20 Aug 2019

DDD

DDD Values Types in C# with MongoDB | 03 Jan 2022

DateOnly

Formatting DateOnly types as ISO 8601 in ASP.NET Core responses | 22 May 2021

Debugging

Debugging .NET Configuration | 12 Aug 2022

Decimal

Storing decimals values in MongoDB with C# | 02 Jul 2020

Deployment

Script It | 07 Nov 2015
Using PowerShell to replace appsettings | 18 Sep 2015

DevOps

Multi-line PowerShell in Terraform | 26 Apr 2019

Docker

Exporting unit test results from a multi-stage docker build | 09 Aug 2021
Connecting to service containers from a multi-staged docker build in Bitbucket pipeline | 29 Jul 2021
Using multi-stage builds to create class library NuGet packages. | 02 May 2020

EC2

Deploying multiple applications to an auto scaling group with CodeDeploy | 20 Oct 2017

ESP32

The Top 3 ESPHome Components | 14 Apr 2021

ESP8266

The Top 3 ESPHome Components | 14 Apr 2021

ESPHome

The Top 3 ESPHome Components | 14 Apr 2021

Enzyme

Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019

Error Handing

Notifying Customers of Errors with MassTransit | 30 Apr 2016

Event

DDD South West 7 Retrospective | 13 May 2017

FaaS

Using MongoDB and Azure Functions | 24 Feb 2019

Facets

Paging data in MongoDB with C# | 27 Jan 2020

Feature Management

Branch by Abstraction with Microsoft Feature Management | 28 Dec 2020

Functions

Using MongoDB and Azure Functions | 24 Feb 2019

GIT

Tagging Bitbucket repositories with AppVeyor | 29 Sep 2015

GUID

Setting up MongoDB to Use Standard GUIDs in C# | 18 Feb 2022

GitHub

GitHub Special Repository, The Public Profile Readme | 04 Jul 2020
Running GitHub Action steps and jobs only on push to master | 10 Jun 2020
Creating a job scoped computed environment variable in GitHub Actions. | 25 Apr 2020

Home Assistant

The Top 3 ESPHome Components | 14 Apr 2021

Hooks

Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019

ISP

Dealing with application configuration | 20 Apr 2014

IoT

The Top 3 ESPHome Components | 14 Apr 2021

JavaScript

Atomically Upsert a Document into an Array with MongoDB | 12 Aug 2022
Using Local APIs with Cordova | 20 Aug 2019
Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019

Jest

Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019

JsonDocument

Traversing JSON with JsonDocument | 19 Dec 2021

JsonNode

Manipulate JSON with System.Text.Json.Nodes | 29 Dec 2021

LINQ

Combining Two Sorted Generic Enumerables in C# | 25 Sep 2020
Augmenting MongoDB LINQ with low level mongo query. | 18 Aug 2020

Learning

Script It | 07 Nov 2015

MassTransit

Transferring big payloads with MassTransit and Azure Blob Storage | 18 May 2017
Notifying Customers of Errors with MassTransit | 30 Apr 2016

MessageData

Transferring big payloads with MassTransit and Azure Blob Storage | 18 May 2017

Microservices

Tech//Connect 2.1 Retrospective | 09 Feb 2017

Minimal APIs

URL Shortener API in .NET by Utilising Minimal APIs | 18 Oct 2022

MongoDB

Atomically Upsert a Document into an Array with MongoDB | 12 Aug 2022
Setting up MongoDB to Use Standard GUIDs in C# | 18 Feb 2022
DDD Values Types in C# with MongoDB | 03 Jan 2022
Tracing MongoDB queries with the AWS X-Ray SDK for .NET in C# | 27 Jun 2021
Augmenting MongoDB LINQ with low level mongo query. | 18 Aug 2020
Storing decimals values in MongoDB with C# | 02 Jul 2020
Storing GUIDs as strings in MongoDB with C# | 25 Jun 2020
Optimising MongoDB queries by removing lookups | 16 May 2020
Updating Arrays in MongoDB with C# | 23 Mar 2020
Creating MongoDB indexes in ASP.NET Core 3.1 | 06 Mar 2020
Finding documents in MongoDB using C# | 28 Feb 2020
Paging data in MongoDB with C# | 27 Jan 2020
Using MongoDB and Azure Functions | 24 Feb 2019

NUnit

End to end testing with Service Fabric | 21 Jan 2017

NuGet

Using multi-stage builds to create class library NuGet packages. | 02 May 2020

OpenMediaVault

Syncing files between OpenMediaVault and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage with Rclone | 01 Aug 2021

PDF

Filling PDF forms for free using PDFtk with .NET Core and .NET 5 | 16 May 2021

PDFtk

Filling PDF forms for free using PDFtk with .NET Core and .NET 5 | 16 May 2021

Paging

Paging data in MongoDB with C# | 27 Jan 2020

Performance

Combining Two Sorted Generic Enumerables in C# | 25 Sep 2020

Pipelines

Connecting to service containers from a multi-staged docker build in Bitbucket pipeline | 29 Jul 2021

PowerShell

Script It | 07 Nov 2015
Tagging Bitbucket repositories with AppVeyor | 29 Sep 2015
Using PowerShell to replace appsettings | 18 Sep 2015

Powershell

Multi-line PowerShell in Terraform | 26 Apr 2019

Queries

Optimising MongoDB queries by removing lookups | 16 May 2020

Rclone

Syncing files between OpenMediaVault and Microsoft Azure Blob Storage with Rclone | 01 Aug 2021

React

Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019

SOA

Notifying Customers of Errors with MassTransit | 30 Apr 2016

Scripting

Script It | 07 Nov 2015

Serialization

Storing decimals values in MongoDB with C# | 02 Jul 2020
Storing GUIDs as strings in MongoDB with C# | 25 Jun 2020

Serverless

Using MongoDB and Azure Functions | 24 Feb 2019
Build and Releasing with VSTS for multiple AWS Serverless Stacks | 13 Aug 2018

Service Fabric

Reactive reliable queue in Service Fabric | 08 Mar 2017
Using multiple Service Fabric remote listeners | 12 Feb 2017
End to end testing with Service Fabric | 21 Jan 2017
Unit testing Service Fabric stateful services | 17 Dec 2016

ServiceBus

Transferring big payloads with MassTransit and Azure Blob Storage | 18 May 2017

Services

CodeDeploy Agent Failing To Start | 02 Oct 2017

Settings

Dealing with application configuration | 20 Apr 2014

Software

Getting 100% test coverage | 26 Nov 2016

System.Text.Json

Manipulate JSON with System.Text.Json.Nodes | 29 Dec 2021
Traversing JSON with JsonDocument | 19 Dec 2021

Talk

DDD South West 7 Retrospective | 13 May 2017
Tech//Connect 2.1 Retrospective | 09 Feb 2017

Terraform

Arrays in Azure App Service App Settings Configuration with Terraform | 24 Feb 2021
Multi-line PowerShell in Terraform | 26 Apr 2019

Testing

Using Local APIs with Cordova | 20 Aug 2019
Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019
End to end testing with Service Fabric | 21 Jan 2017
Unit testing Service Fabric stateful services | 17 Dec 2016
Getting 100% test coverage | 26 Nov 2016

TypeScript

Testing custom React Hooks | 28 May 2019

URL Shortener

URL Shortener API in .NET by Utilising Minimal APIs | 18 Oct 2022

Unit Testing

Unit testing Service Fabric stateful services | 17 Dec 2016

VSTS

Build and Releasing with VSTS for multiple AWS Serverless Stacks | 13 Aug 2018
Configuring private VSTS NuGet feeds with Cake | 06 Aug 2018

Validation

Failing fast with invalid configuration in .NET | 24 Feb 2023

Visual Studio

Azure Functions with Visual Studio 2017 15.3 | 18 Aug 2017

WF

Testing workflow activities | 09 Mar 2014
Reskinning built-in workflow activities | 28 Feb 2014

Web App

Allowing null origin in Azure App Service | 18 May 2020

Windows

Deploying multiple applications to an auto scaling group with CodeDeploy | 20 Oct 2017
CodeDeploy Agent Failing To Start | 02 Oct 2017

XRay

Tracing MongoDB queries with the AWS X-Ray SDK for .NET in C# | 27 Jun 2021

xUnit

Unit testing Service Fabric stateful services | 17 Dec 2016