27 November 2021

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Explainer: .DS_Store files

Many folders have them. They’re so invisible that you can’t even see them when you show hidden files. And the only way you know they’re there is when they cause problems.

Build software better, together

GitHub is where people build software. More than 73 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 200 million projects.

The fastest way to copy a file

I’m on a mission to find the fastest way to copy and delete files on a modern machine. I thought a quick Google search would reveal the answer, but I only found this Stack Overflow post with people’s opinion on the matter (but no proof), a discussion on what t…

Don't be a copy-paste dev

Every once in a while there is a popular tweet, either with some strong statement in it or some controversial opinion that makes the internet blow up, ensuing endless retweets and many separate discussions about the content, or the person, who tweeted it. The …

Reduce code complexity: Guard clauses

There are patterns to keep complexity to the minimum. The simplest pattern with an impressive impact is the guard clause.

Intro to Graphics 24 - Physics Based Animation

Introduction to Computer Graphics.School of Computing, University of Utah.Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLplnkTzzqsZTfYh4UbhLGpI5kGd5o...

The New Web Forms Designer in Visual Studio 2022

Sayed Hashimi demos how to enable Web Live Preview, the new Web Forms designer in VS2022, along with some cool features that make your ASP.NET full framework...

How did this paypal spoof email pass SPF, DKIM and DMARC

This mail that got through has me stumped. It appeared to me as being from PayPal <unclaimedproperty@paypal.com> in my Inbox. I happened to look at the original and it says SPF, DKIM and DM...

OAuth Integration for Umbraco Packages

In working through the development of an Umbraco integration recently, I had a need to setup an OAuth authentication process to secure acces...

GraphQL Mutations in ASP.NET Core

This post is about GraphQL in ASP.NET Core with EF Core. In this post we will explore how to implement mutations using ASP.NET Core. Mutations help you to update the data in the database. Here is the Mutation class. In this class, we are adding the link object…

Lance McCarthy

Lance McCarthy talking about Maui, VS2022, community contributions and much more. Referenced sites and source: Twitter –  –  (see descriptions below)1  Bonus  Resource 1 &…