Fintech Mindset to Software Design
The best developers I know have equal development ability and understanding of the domain. I call it having a fintech mindset.
How to read a formal document
27th July 2022 This post follows yesterday’s very popular post which provided a close reading of the letter from Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the House of Commons liaison committee. Indeed…
Listening to a movie as an audiobook
Today I was reading a comment on HN that piqued my interest. I used to rip the audio of my favourite movies and listen to them like audiobooks. Because I was usually familiar with the visual parts, I could enjoy the dialogue and the music in a different way. T…
Starlink's current problem is capacity
This blog post is a lightly edited transcript from my most recent YouTube video, in which I explain some of Starlink's growing pains: slower speeds due to oversubscription, design challenges with their v2 hardware, and a major bet on much larger v2 sats and a …
How To Think Better (Evidence-Based Ways to Think Better)
Want to progress in life but don't know where to start? Start with learning about how to think better. The best way to start.
Titles. Fucking. Matter.
Changing a title resulted increased traffic by 13,000%
Blockchain gaming - Current state
A lot has been said and done about the feasibility of web3 gaming. Hyperbole stuff like “Decentralized games”, “P2E is the future of gaming”, etc are great marketing content but fall short rapidly when examined closely. After seeing loads of money being invest…
Microsoft Releases New .NET Rate Limiter in .NET 7 - And It's Amazing!🤯
It’s official — Microsoft has released the new .NET Rate Limiter in .NET 7! It’s amazing, and it will...
New Video: Coding Shorts - Response Caching in ASP.NET Core
After my recent video about How ASP.NET Core Middleware Works, I'm continuing to plow through some important pieces of middlware you might not be using.
Tuesday
Star Trek Generations
Top 10 Mistakes Organizations Make to Become Agile
And what to do instead
Azure Functions Boosted with .NET 7 Support -- Visual Studio Magazine
Azure Functions, Microsoft's serverless cloud computing offering, is previewing new functionality coming with its new support of .NET 7 as a runtime.
[Video] Outbox meets change data capture - hooking into the Write-Ahead Log (feat. .NET, PostgreSQL & Kafka)
Another video on using change data capture (often referred to as CDC), to hook up into the database transaction log, forwarding incoming entries to the outbox table.
Nikon released new firmware update for the almost 10 years old D7100 DSLR camera - Nikon Rumors
The Nikon D7100 DSLR camera was announced in February 2013. Today Nikon released a new firmware update version 1.05 for the almost 10 years old D7100 with a single fix: Fixed an issue that resulted in live view ending about 10 minutes after being started in Ca…
.NET Data documentation
Welcome to the .NET data hub! What data-related task would you like to perform? This page is your gateway to documentation and tutorials for the various ways you interact with data from .NET.
Help pick a syntax for CSS nesting - Chrome Developers
Two competing syntaxes need your help in determining which should be championed through to a specification candidate.
Outbox meets change data capture - hooking into the Write-Ahead Log (feat. .NET, PostgreSQL & Kafka)
Another video on using change data capture (often referred to as CDC), to hook up into the database transaction log, forwarding incoming entries to the outbo...
.NET DC August: Event Sourcing with Marten and Postgresql
Streaming in 3 Places for your convenience!* .NET DC YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaztVpahD1k * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/ur...
Build a mobile and desktop app with Blazor Hybrid and .NET MAUI - Learn
Learn how to set up your development environment and build your first cross-platform hybrid app with Blazor, .NET MAUI, and C#.
Lets Learn .NET Blazor Hybrid - Events
July 28th, 2022 | 8:30 AM PT / 11:30 AM ET / 15:30 UTC
SQLite Internals: Pages & B-trees
Let's open a hex editor and see what this thing is made of
.NET Data Community Standup - DbDataSource, a new System.Data abstraction
In this episode of the .NET data community standup, we'll explore DbDataSource, a new abstraction being introduced to System.Data in .NET 7.0. DbDataSource u...
Is Async Programming (Async/Await) Scalable?
Async programming (promises, futures, tasks, async/await) and async messaging aren't the same things. The two concepts often get confused because of the nami...
Privacy — Seamless & Secure Online Card Payments
Checkout securely online by creating unique virtual card numbers for every purchase. Avoid data breaches, unwanted charges, and stolen credit card numbers.
The AArch64 processor (aka arm64), part 2: Extended register operations
The weird ways of transforming the value in a register.
GPSJam GPS/GNSS Interference Map
Maps showing daily possible GPS interference.
Python is Actually Portable
Gautham's Blog
I'm Still Not Using Postman!! I Use This NEW VS Code Extension Instead...
This VS Code extension replaces Postman for me! https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=RapidAPI.vscode-rapidapi-client&utm_source=jamesqquick&ut...
What Is Blazor WASM?
Excerpt This article builds on the concepts of WebAssembly as an integral part of Blazor...
Signal: you were the chosen one!
This is a rant about how moving ecosystems are not a good reason for centralizing a crucial service, how stickers are no substitute for a...
Running .NET Core Applications as a Linux Service - Code Maze
In this article, we are going to learn how to create a .NET worker service and run it as a Linux service using the Systemd service manager.
Total Fleet Visibility with Kolide
Kolide gives you accurate, valuable, and complete fleet visibility across Mac, Windows, and Linux endpoints.
What are Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6 - Code Rethinked
We'll see what are Minimal APIs in ASP.NET Core 6 and how they are created. We'll also examine look at limitations of minimal apis and when to use them
Don't Code Tired | Work with SQL Data with Fewer Lines of Code Using Dynamic C#
Don't Code Tired - Jason Roberts on Software Development and .NET -
Exploring Multi-Windows in .NET MAUI
Multi-windows are a nice feature in .NET MAUI, and we can give their desktop version extra TLC.
Discover your application’s breakpoint using Azure Load Testing
You’ve been assessing the performance of your application. You’re confident that it’s functioning well. So, what next? You can take it one step further and determine when exactly your application will break by pushing its limits. This is called breakpoint tes…
Installing and Uninstalling .NET Templates
Using the dotnet-cli to install and uninstall .NET template packages
Twenty years of Valgrind
It has been twenty years since Valgrind 1.0 was released.