MVC Controllers are Dinosaurs - Embrace API Endpoints
A simpler approach to building API endpoints with ASP.NET Core.
Blog Posts
MANY articles on a wide array of topics. You’ll find a lot of my newer content is going to my YouTube channel first, but I do still blog occasionally.
Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
There is some debate about whether the movie Die Hard (1988) should be categorized as a Christmas movie. On the one side are those who point to its central Christmas theme, music, and messaging, all of which add to and …
Data Deficient Messages
In distributed applications and microservices that send events or notifications to other apps or services, take care to include sufficient information in the messages themselves. Failure to do so will likely result in …
Avoid Wrapping DbContext in Using (and other gotchas)
You can avoid a lot of problems by not putting you Entity Framework or Entity Framework Core DbContext instance in a using statement.
Little's Law
Little's Law describes the relationship between throughput, wait time, and work-in-progress. Understanding it can help with designing and optimizing systems and processes.
CAP Theorem, PACELC, and Microservices
CAP Theorem generally applies to distribute databases. PACELC builds on CAP and describes system behavior when no network partition exists. Both of these can be applied in the context of microservices.
GitHub Actions from CLI
If you're going to be using GitHub actions a lot, it may be worthwhile to create reusable templates you can create from the dotnet command line interface.
Estimates Are Necessary
Estimates are, unfortunately, sometimes necessary. Despite being wrong, frequently a waste of resources, having a short shelf life, and being non-transferable. Sometimes you just need them in order to make a plan.
Solved - An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden
If you're seeing an error that says " An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions." this may fix it.