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I'll be back...

Mar 5, 20211 min read 26 views

After a positive start to the year, I've been on a slight hiatus. Between some very sad family news, the Texas Deep Freeze ( thanks Ted! ), a transition to a new job, and trying to be an entertaining Dad... - it's been tough! However, I count my bl...

Microservices in .NET Core: Topic Overview

Jan 13, 20212 min read 33 views

The graphic below provides a visual representation of some of the key components, patterns, and particular technologies we will cover in this series. The components and patterns are good practice across any Object Orientated tech stack for a Microser...

Microservices in .NET Core: Introduction

Jan 12, 20214 min read 51 views

Over the next few months, I hope to share with you a fairly wide range of posts specifically for implementing a quality Microservice in .NET Core. I will incorporate Microsoft's best practice, much of which is influenced by the Microservice architect...

Easy access to Embedded Resource Streams with T4

Jan 11, 20216 min read 41 views

So, you like to use CopyAlways and relative paths for files that you need as an input stream to your application. Maybe it's a CSV file, maybe some JSON data - either way it's just not something you want to force into a long C# string! It's understan...

(Don't be) Insecure Randomness

Jan 9, 20214 min read 38 views

The OWASP Foundation identifies Randomness as potentially insecure. You can read more about it here. So, Random generators are insecure? In a nutshell, yes! - the general concept is that when you ask your underlying code framework (C# / Java / whate...

Using Application Insights with a .NET Core WebApp running in a Container

Jan 8, 20215 min read 88 views

Adding Azure Application Insight monitoring to .NET applications has always been fairly easy and straight forward. There are a few extra considerations for running it in a container, but nothing crazy... However, because so little time is spent with ...