https://kendaleiv.com/Jesus follower, husband, father, software engineer. 2026-05-21T20:30:05-04:00 Ken Dale https://kendaleiv.com/ Jekyll © 2026 Ken Dale /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 2026-05-06T00:00:00-04:00 https://kendaleiv.com/creating-a-user-readable-timestamp-from-cosmos-db-_ts-using-sql-query/ Ken Dale

Azure Cosmos DB documents include a _ts property representing the last modified time as a Unix timestamp in seconds. While useful for machines, a value like 1714000000 isn’t easily human readable. You can convert _ts to a human readable date and time using the TIMESTAMPTODATETIME built-in function in a Cosmos DB SQL query. Since _ts is in seconds and TIMESTAMPTODATETIME expects milliseconds, m...

2026-03-20T00:00:00-04:00 2026-03-20T00:00:00-04:00 https://kendaleiv.com/prompt-to-benchmark-csharp-benchmarking-via-github-agent-running-dotnet-in-the-cloud/ Ken Dale

When creating a new repository on GitHub you can provide instructions for a GitHub Copilot coding agent to execute. The agent picks up those instructions, does the work in the cloud, and opens a pull request with the results – all from a single prompt at repository creation time. You can use this to create a C# BenchmarkDotNet project. The prompt can include the specific benchmarks to run and ...

2026-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 2026-03-02T00:00:00-05:00 https://kendaleiv.com/making-friends-with-reviews-providing-great-feedback/ Ken Dale

The following is an AI generated summary of a talk I gave: The title of this post has two meanings. First, you’re doing a great job with reviews – reviewing code, making necessary changes, and asking necessary questions. But, there’s also the relationship side: forming positive bonds with the people you work with. Why reviews matter Imagine joining a new team. You’re excited to contribute, b...

2025-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 2025-03-13T00:00:00-04:00 https://kendaleiv.com/return-408-request-timeout-for-a-regex-timeout-using-aspnetcore-middleware/ Ken Dale

Regular expression (regex) operations can be slow, especially if they cause catastrophic backtracking. This can consume significant web application resources. In cases where this isn’t desired, it can be helpful to implement a default regex timeout (see Setting Regex Timeout Globally Using .NET 6.0 With C#) Additionally, we can implement ASP.NET Core middleware to return 408 Request Timeout (b...

2024-04-04T00:00:00-04:00 2024-04-04T00:00:00-04:00 https://kendaleiv.com/comparing-template-versions-for-azure-resource-manager-arm-bicep-or-terraform-using-azure/ Ken Dale

When deployed resources to Azure the recommended Azure Resource Manager (ARM) guidance is to hardcode the latest version when creating a resource and only updating it if needed per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/templates/best-practices#api-version. However, if you need functionality only offered by a newer version, it’s time to update to a newer apiVersion. As ...