12 January 2022

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Visual Studio Feedback

Visual Studio Feedback

Visual Studio 17.1 Preview 2 is now available! - Visual Studio Blog

Today, we’re releasing Visual Studio 2022 17.1 Preview 2. We’ve continued to iterate on the themes of the Visual Studio 2022 release and have enhanced existing features, brought new productivity improvements, and made it easier for you to make Visual Studio yo…

Fireside chat with Professor Dan Boneh - Crowdcast

Professor Dan Boneh (Stanford), co-inventor of pairing-based cryptography, shares thoughts on the past, present and future of zero knowledge proofs, STARKs, SNARKs and cryptography.

Bring More Power to your Web APIs with the Power Platform

https://aka.ms/dotNETConf2021-GetdotNET6Is your API getting as much use as it could? Low code technology is emerging as a primary way to develop applications...

Making nice-looking and interactive diagrams for your PCBs - mind.dump()

I have always liked pinout diagrams like this: Arduino Nano Pinout. Source: http://www.pighixxx.com/test/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nano.pngThey work quite well, there is all the information and they look nice. However, they work only when you have pins on two…

Blockchain-based systems are not what they say they are

If you go out seeking to learn why blockchains and the systems built atop them are apparently the future of our web, you’ll begin to see some common themes. These fall apart under further scrutiny.

Added 5 new sponsorships to the batch

We are fans of sponsoring people working on open-source libraries we use on elmah.io. Here's a quick update on the recent 5 members in the batch.

Security Tip: Should You Block Compromised Passwords?

[Tip#13] Blocking Compromised (Pwned) Passwords forces your users to use strong passwords, but is it the right choice for your app?

Tuple in C# - Code Maze

In this article, we'll deconstruct the concept of tuples in C#. we are going to cover how to create and access tuples and nested tuples.

CryptoHack – Home

A fun, free platform to learn about cryptography through solving challenges and cracking insecure code. Can you reach the top of the leaderboard?

DateTime as a Value Object

When teaching DDD, I often use DateTime as a good example of a value object. This article details some of the lessons one can learn from this common .NET data structure.

Replicated Log

Keep the state of multiple nodes synchronized by using a write-ahead log that is replicated to all the cluster nodes.