I am a big fan of static site generators (SSGs), as many have noticed from reading this blog and following me on Twitter. I’ve recently been dabbling with 11ty (pronounced eleventy) and very impressed so far. While this SSG is generally excellent with low overhead, there are a few things developers may want to remember to do when starting their adventure with the static site generator.
Reader, ahazelwood, recently read my post on using ASP.NET Core, VueJS, and Parcel to build a robust application architecture. He did have one follow up question that I thought I would address in this post. He wanted to know how...
In many applications, the mutation of data starts with the user, flows through the application logic, and effects the underlying data store. In caching scenarios, we can see the flow of data reversed. Our data is updated by database administrators...
No organization exists in an operational vacuum. It’s a natural law of software development that your world will collide with other projects. It is inevitable to share responsibility between customers, vendors, partners, and the open-source ecosystem. In a past life,...
In a prior post, I wrote about new adventures and recovering from burn out. I have taken the months of January and February to recharge my mental battery and reflect on my time as a director of software development. I’ve...
In the year 2000, Microsoft released C# to the masses, and since then, it has evolved with many new features. One of those features includes Tuples. Only recently have tuples become more useful with the addition deconstruction in C# 8....
I watch more YouTube videos than I’d ever like to admit. It’s a great source of knowledge for interesting topics like programming, cooking, tiny house living, and much more. Lately, I’ve also wondered about taking some of my blog content...
It is always good to have environmental awareness, primarily when you work with a technology stack. Package management providers are a good indicator of what’s currently happening in any ecosystem. For .NET developers, the pulse of our community beats with...
Lately, I’ve been working hard on this blog. In a recent post about automating your blog with GitHub actions, I wrote a small .NET Core application that could process my RSS feed. In this post, I will show you how...
The dream of many open source developers is to one day cast off the shackles of their corporate overlords and dedicate themselves to their passion project.
