A collection of 243 posts
ASP.NET Core has seen an overhaul to its authorization system in the form of authorization policies. As a developer, you can add several policies that can check claims, require an authenticated user, and even handle a custom requirement with any...
So you’ve decided to bolt on an existing Blazor WebAssembly (WASM) UI to a current ASP.NET Core solution. First of all, congratulations on taking the first steps to try something new in the world of #dotnet. Secondly, you’re probably reading...
I was recently reading Mike Hadlow’s blog post titled “Writing .NET Applciation Services for Kubernetes,” and it had me reflecting on my knowledge, or lack thereof, of deploying .NET applications into a distributed environment like Kubernetes. His section on Security...
Sometimes you need to break down a large number into smaller chunks. For me, I regularly chunk data when I need to bulk import data records into a database. I find that fine-tuning the chunks can help improve data-loading performance...
The evolution of .NET has provided developers with different avenues to experiment with ideas in their codebase. Sometimes those are good ideas, and sometimes they’re just fun ideas. For example, today’s blog post is inspired by a Twitter thread and...
I’ve never been particularly good at math. Sometimes, the numbers get challenging to keep straight, especially when moving in orders of magnitude from one value to another. But, when working with large numbers, I typically codify conversion code to help...
Part of being in the #dotnet community is trying out other people’s ideas. One way people share those ideas is through project templates. Project templates allow you to set up a solution the author intended quickly. It also helps you...
Whether you love them or hate them, a big part of social media is the hive of bots ready to help, entertain, and inform. I love them as they typically offer a wide variety of choices, and they allow you...
While we’re all benefiting from the push towards “One .NET”, the reality is that there will always be differences in operating systems. Windows, macOS, and Linux are, in fact, different operating systems and have their advantages and disadvantages. The difference...
There’s some discussion around the ASP.NET Core repository on the best way to give Minimal API users access to validation as a programmatic concept inside of ASP.NET Core. It’s a lot of positive feedback with some good ideas, so I...
