On June 9, 2016 I had an amazing opportunity to deliver a talk bearing the name of this post title at NDC Oslo. An embed of the video is at the end of this post. Here’s a write-up: Where We Start...

In C#, you’re able to initialize an object while newing it up. using System; public class Program { public static void Main() { var person = new Person { Given...

In C# and other languages, you may be familiar with the concept of a cast – basically, explicitly coercing a type into another type. In C# this looks like (MyClass)x. When using a C# cast, all of ...

Here’s a comparison of the dark chocolate Lindt EXCELLENCE bars that have a minimum percentage of cocoa associated with them. Enjoy! (Note: bold text is mine for emphasis) Cocoa % ...

Pull request contributions are awesome. But, sometimes prior to merge there’s a few things you’d like changed – or, perhaps more than a few. As a reviewer, if you feel like your being too picky but...

As a development team, you’re probably tracking your work somehow – whether it’s GitHub issues or some other application or system. Which is great! Things are being documented, worked on, and compl...

You have a few options if you’re looking to copy Azure app settings and connection strings between Azure Web Apps. One of those options is using the Azure portal, copy and pasting until the task is...

I posted a personal recap last year. Here’s the same as a 2015 edition: I spoke at my first conference this year! In fact, I spoke at 7 conferences this year, as well as some other non-conferen...

As a developer, do you frequently find yourself longing for a backup band to your melodic instrument? If this sounds like you (or, even if it doesn’t), check this out: The Gibber code // Roland...

Looking for a way to update various packages in your Windows environment? Use the script below running as Administrator (Administrator is needed for Chocolatey, at least), editing as necessary for ...