A collection of 291 posts
I love many things about static site generators, but I mainly enjoy the challenge of building a fast user experience, given development time constraints. The constraints force me to be mindful of every new feature I add, the content I...
As a developer advocate, I find myself writing a lot of demos for folks around .NET and, specifically, the ASP.NET Core parts of the stack. Unfortunately, writing repetitive boilerplate can make me feel like Jack Torrence from The Shining movie:...
Moving from one ecosystem to another can be challenging, especially when unfamiliar with the technology stack and available tools. So I wrote this post for anyone coming to ASP.NET Core from another ecosystem or .NET developers who might be dabbling...
As a developer advocate at JetBrains, I find myself exploring technologies in nooks and crannies of the ecosystem previously out of reach. As a lifelong proponent of the web, mobile development has always been on my list to explore, but...
One of my hobbies to create graphics using my favorite photo editing tool, Pixelmator Pro. It’s a fantastic tool; anyone on macOS should add it to their Applications folder. One of the benefits of using a photo-editing tool is the...
I previously wrote about a few posts about file uploads with ASP.NET Core, but there’s always been a web component that provides a much more excellent experience. The multiple-file drag-and-drop component allows you to upload many files in one web...
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...
