.NET Rocks! vNext
.NET Rocks! is a weekly talk show for anyone interested in programming on the Microsoft .NET platform. The shows range from introductory information to hardcore geekiness.
I Suspect many Task Deadlines are Designed to Force Engineers to Work for Free
I suspect that many companies want engineers working unpaid overtime to increase their profits.
Some Things I’ve Learned About SEO
Last month, 250k people visited starterstory.com, mostly from Google search. Here are some things I learned about SEO: Second-and-third-order consequences SEO is a mind game of second-and-third-order consequences. The work you do today will not yield results…
10 Tips for Ramping Up as a Senior Engineer
I've learned the hard way that starting a job on a large engineering team as a senior engineeer is more than simply writing good code. You have to drive initiatives at a social level and not simply because you know more about the codebase. For a new hire this …
How I learned to charge my customers
After I completed my first programming class, I went straight to Craigslist. I advertised my programming services. I called myself an experienced programmer who could code anything. I posted a link to
I want to outsource technical interviews
Not the whole process, just the interviews
skeeto/endlessh
SSH tarpit that slowly sends an endless banner. Contribute to skeeto/endlessh development by creating an account on GitHub.
Can I really be an engineer?
A friend of mine recently got in touch with me, I was catching up with him and we were talking about our lives and careers. He’s struggling to make a living without much clear direction, I suggested he should become an engineer becasue the starting salaries ar…
Julio Biason .Net 4.1 | The Hidden Value of TikTok
As if 2020 wasn't weird enough, Oracle bought the US operations of TikTok, which makes no sense.
How to Become As Rich As Bill Gates
In some of the later lessons, you will be encouraged to take entrepreneurial risks. You may find it comforting to remember that at any time you can fall back on a trust fund worth many millions of 1998 dollars.
What happened to all the non-programmers?
“As I looked around and realized for the hundredth time that I was surrounded by people exactly like me, something inside me snapped. I downloaded the latest American Community Survey microdata, fired up R and started calculating feverishly.”
The IKEA Packout
If you're into tools — think hammers and drills — you're probably familiar with the extremes people go to protect their prized possessions. The most popular system right now, based on my hours watching carpenter and electrician setups on YouTube, is Milwaukee …
Turtles all the way down.
September 2020. I feel the wet, hardwood floor beneath my fingers. Summer air and water droplets touch my skin. My boots are strapped in and I am ready. The guy gives me the signal. I tense up. He pulls a lever, and one second later I'm flying through the …
The thing about age • Pranay Prakash
These are my thoughts on ageism - discriminating people, and more importantly, ideas, just because of someone’s age. I’m 22 years old. If you’re older than me, don’t hang up. Give me a chance. Sure, I may not have as much experience as you, and a... | Pranay P…
The Great Ensmallening
TLDR: We’re going to free up 6.6GB of space on PC next week but we need a 6.5GB update to do it. Most platforms will see similar improvements. My memory is hazy about those early days back in 2012 when we launched our Closed Beta but I distinctly remember the …
Join @joemoeAT and @obloch on the #IoTShow as they discuss how #CrateDB can help turning #IIoT data into action on @Azure @CrateIO
The adoption of Industrial IoT (IIoT) systems in factory floors is leading to a new industrial revolution: in the modern industry, processes are no longer treated in isolation; data is not only collec
Nova
The beautiful, fast, flexible, native Mac code editor from Panic.
Steeltoe - External Configuration with Spring
The Steeltoe project has solid support for enabling .NET applications to leverage centralized configuration in their architecture. In this episode, Christos chats with David Dieruf and Dave Tillman fr
windeln.de confirms data security incident
Munich, 16th September 2020: windeln.de SE („windeln.de“ or „Company“; ISIN DE000WNDL201) has announced today: Between June 10th and 23rd, 2020 data of some of our customers were temporarily stored on an unprotected server due to a maintenance error, which has…
Entity Framework Community Standup - Sept 16th 2020 - What's New with Migrations in EF Core 5.0
The Entity Framework Core team focused on major improvements to migrations for the EF Core 5.0 release. Learn about what's new and explore different migrations scenarios in this demo-heavy session. As always, the team will be standing by live to answer your qu…
Major German shopping site leaks customer data
A publicly-listed multinational retailer with millions of dollars in annual revenues was discovered to be operating a completely unsecured server, thereby publi
DIY TinyTV Kit
It actually works! This Tiny TV Kit only takes a few minutes to put together and can play up to five hours of video from a micro SD card. Not only that, it's also Arduino compatible so you can write your own programs and video games to play on it as well. /*…
Azure Container Instances - Docker integration now in Docker Desktop stable release
We’re happy to announce that today’s new stable release of Docker Desktop includes the Azure Container Instances - Docker integration. Install or update to the latest release and get started deploying containers to Azure Container Instances (ACI) today.
Microsoft Says .NET 5 Replaces .NET Standard (Except for ...) -- Visual Studio Magazine
.NET 5 improves code sharing and replaces .NET Standard except for cases where developers need to extend the reach of their code sharing to support older frameworks such as .NET Framework or share code between specific existing frameworks.
Blazor Server CRUD App Using Visual Studio Code
Blazor is a new Microsoft technology that allows developers to write code for browsers in C# instead...
Microsoft submits Linux kernel patches for a 'complete virtualization stack' with Linux and Hyper-V
Linux on Azure might no longer need Windows
Why is Apple acting like an Asshole?
Today Apple announced at their media event that the final public release of iOS 14 ships tomorrow, which came as quite a shock to all third-party developers.
Seeding data in EF Core using SQL scripts
Another way of seeding data in EF Core
Playing with EF Core 5 and Stack Overflow Data
How to populate a test database with real data from a Stack Overflow site, and generate a DbContext to query it.
Oracle EF Core 3.1 Production Release
I’m happy to announce Oracle Entity Framework Core 3.1 production release is now available. Download it for free from NuGet Gallery.
Migrations Overview - EF Core
Overview of using migrations to manage database schemas with Entity Framework Core
Developer Weekly Podcast on RavenDB with Oren Eini
You can listen to my talking with Barry about RavenDB in the Developer Weekly Podcast.
CSS isolation in Blazor - Gérald Barré
In this post, I describe how to use CSS isolation in an ASP.NET Core Blazor application.
MediatR: Why should you use it?
MediatR is a library that has gotten more and more popular over the years. I'll cover the 3 reasons why I think it's useful and well as 1 reason why you might want to look at something else. 🔔 Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RKA4vunFAfrfxiJhPE…
Material Shell- A new desktop experience
A modern desktop interface for Linux - packaged as an extension for GNOME Shell. Improve your user experience and get rid of the anarchy of traditional desktop workflows. Designed to simplify navigation and reduce the need to manipulate windows in order to imp…
Composant avancé avec Blazor, refaisons un Windows 3.1
mer. 23 sept. 2020 à 12:00: L'équipe de rockstars DevApps.be débarque au Québec et compte bien nous impressionner!DevApps.be c'est l'histoire de trois chums passionnés: Denis Voituron (MVP), Christoph
ReconInfoSec/canaries2thehive
Create alerts in The Hive from your Thinkst Canary alerts, to be turned into Hive cases. - ReconInfoSec/canaries2thehive
Why did I lose the ability to co_await a std::future and concurrency::task? | The Old New Thing
After upgrading to version 2.0.200729.8 of C++/WinRT, some customers reported that they lost the ability to co_await a std::future or a Concurrency::task. What happened? The relevant change is PR 702 which removed “vestigial support for free awaiters.” And tha…
Integrating Thinkst Canaries with TheHive
We've been big fans of the Thinkst [https://canary.tools] platform for a while now. We may have mentioned them a time or two :) Like many others, we get a lot of mileage out of their Canaries and Canary Tokens. We also love TheHive [https://thehive-project.or…
.NET Performance Optimisations Don't Have to be Complex - Steve Gordon - Code with Steve
In this post, I demonstrate how performance optimisations don't always require complex code changes which make the code harder to maintain.
Securing Azure Key Vault inside a VNET and using from an Azure Function
This post shows how an Azure Key Vault can be protected inside an Azure virtual network. The deployment is setup so that only applications in the same VNET can access the Key Vault. To implement th…
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Rewriting the Technical Interview
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IBM publishes its quantum roadmap, says it will have a 1,000-qubit machine in 2023 – TechCrunch
IBM today, for the first time, published its road map for the future of its quantum computing hardware. There is a lot to digest here, but the most important news in the short term is that the company believes it is on its way to building a quantum processor w…
Introducing Pebble: A RocksDB Inspired Key-Value Store Written in Go | Cockroach Labs
Today we’re introducing Pebble, a RocksDB-inspired and RocksDB compatible key-value store written in Go that brings greater stability to CockroachDB.
.NET App Developer Links - 2020-09-16
The latest news and resources for .NET app developers.
Nvidia’s Integration Dreams
Nvidia’s acquisition of ARM only makes sense from a financial perspective, unless you buy Jensen Huang’s datacenter dreams.
Building a Database Application in Blazor - Part 2 - Services - Building the CRUD Data Layers
Article 2 of 5 describing how to build the CRUD Data Layers in a Blazor Database Application
Four Reasons Why Your ASP.NET Core Application is Not Working in IIS
ASP.NET Core Application Not Working in IIS? We fix Interval Server Errors 500.19 & 500.21, plus 500.30 ANCM In-Process Start Failure
Leaving Silverlight: Your Options
Migrating from Silverlight is neither easy nor fun, but there are ways to reduce the pain. Learn your best options for migrating from Silverlight.
Building a Database Application in Blazor - Part 1 - Project Structure and Framework
Article 1 of 5 describing how to structure and build a Blazor Database Application
Building Cross-Platform Desktop Apps with Electron.NET
This article provides a walkthrough for developing and deploying an application with Electron.NET.
When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number
Do not get arrested challenge 2020
Remembering my father
I will miss my dad every day.
Workshop Module 5: Deploying Service Mesh to Kubernetes
We will deploy service mesh solution on top of AKS. Emphasis is on having a dedicated infrastructure layer for handling layer service – service communication and layer 7 service needs.
The future of .NET Standard | .NET Blog
Since .NET 5 was announced, many of you have asked what this means for .NET Standard and whether it will still be relevant. In this post, I’m going to explain how .NET 5 improves code sharing and replaces .NET Standard. I’ll also cover the cases where you stil…
Thought Leadership Series: How can we remain relevant in a virtual world?
Wed, Sep 30, 2020, 4:00 PM: Thought Leadership SeriesEvery end of the month, we will hear thought leaders and experts in the region discuss topical issues and learn their perspectives on the dynamic,
We do crafts with origami resin and miniatures. by CraftsKaizen
Find the perfect handmade gift, vintage & on-trend clothes, unique jewellery, and more… lots more.