A collection of 345 posts
If you’ve made the migration over to Mastodon, you’re probably looking to automate a few of your activities using your programming skills. Since I mostly write code using C# and .NET, I thought I would take the time to look...
FastEndpoints is an alternative web framework built on ASP.NET Core primitives to reinforce the Request-Endpoint-Response (REPR) Design pattern. In summary, FastEndpoints lets you focus on building endpoint-focused APIs instead of dealing with the ceremony of something like MVC or the...
YouTube content creation is complex and rarely ends with filming and editing the video. After uploading, you’re typically encouraged to upload timestamp markers for essential parts of your video. In this post, I’ll show you a quick C# script that...
Part of what makes ASP.NET Core so powerful is the C# language and the ability to generate UI based on object metadata. The ability to define metadata as a single source of truth helps reduce repetition and makes refactoring UI...
I recently read a blog post from Dustin Moris Gorski titled “The type system is a programmer’s best friend”, and he makes a lot of great points. Typically when dealing with data storage mechanisms, we model our objects using primitive...
I’ve recently been exploring the newest features of .NET 7 and came across a fascinating post on the Microsoft blogs titled “Use .NET 7 from any JavaScript app in .NET 7.” In the humble opinion of an internet crank, I...
As an employee of JetBrains, I get to see and interact with many languages and technology stacks; frankly, it’s pretty rewarding. While I would still say my expertise is C#, these experiences inform my thoughts on C# and .NET in...
I’ve recently been working with WebAssembly (WASM) to target the WebAssembly Server Interface (WASI), specifically the Wasmtime runtime. Running .NET applications in an operating system agnostic way opens up a world of possibilities and begins to blur the lines between...
An essential part of building web applications is understanding what elements may look like in an evolving user interface. For most users, the web is a visual medium with complex components that include many images. This trend has accelerated since...
You can only catch so many errors when working with databases by looking at the code you write. It’s only when you start using your code against production data sets do you realize there’s an obvious mistake. Sure, your app...
