Invest in Good User Stories
User stories are a useful tool for describing requirements of
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.
Data Access Principles
Software design principles to consider when evaluating data access
Design a No Duplicates Rule in your Domain Model?
Eleven ways to design a no duplicates names rule in a domain model following domain-driven design (DDD).
Immediate Domain Event Salvation with MediatR
How to wire up immediate pre persistence domain events in ASP.NET Core with MediatR.
How to Easily Format Tables in Markdown
Markdown is a great tool/language for writing documentation and
How to Rip DVDs with Handbrake and AnyDVD
I'm a big fan of Plex and have a lifetime subscription. If you're not familiar with it, it basically lets you have your own Netflix hosted on a computer in your house that you can watch from anywhere. If you've ever …
The Singleton Design Pattern
The Singleton Design Pattern is one of the original creational
Stream Deck CPU Graph Buttons
I've been using a Stream Deck for a while now and I keep finding more and more uses for the device. Recently, I started looking for more active buttons to display common utilities like CPU, Graphics Processor, and …
Never use the same value for two IDs (or other values) in your tests
When you're writing automated tests, whether you're following TDD
Configuring a Local Test Email Server
It's been a few years since I wrote about using a tool like Smtp4Dev for local test emails (and that article has issues), so here's an update. If you're working with code that should send emails sometimes, it's really …