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I’m home after surviving another great Codemash! I’m not sure how many Codemash events I’ve attended but I think it’s [ALL OF THEM] - 2 (looks like the first one was in 2007 so if my math is right …

A checklist listing things to consider including in your year in review article.

I recently needed to find which of a bunch of markdown files had a particular string in them. My initial thought, since I'm on Windows, was to use Windows File Explorer's search dialog. No dice - it found no results when …

I first learned about Domain-Driven Design, or DDD, over ten years ago. Since then, I’ve given more workshops on the topic, both public and private on sites, than I can remember. Julie Lerman and I also published a …

Controllers are dinosaurs - it's time to embrace Endpoints. The MVC pattern doesn't actually work as well for APIs as other options, like the Request-Endpoint-Response (REPR) pattern.

How to use the Sketchy Bootstrap theme to make web prototypes look unfinished, helping users understand they are viewing a draft product.

This originally went out just to my Weekly Dev Tips mailing list, but I got a lot of positive comments and requests to share it, so I’m publishing it here. Sign up for Weekly Dev Tipsto get a new tip in your inbox …

Learn how to run integration tests with real databases in CI/CD pipelines using Docker, comparing options like InMemory databases and shared test databases.

If you're trying to run EF Core migrations and getting errors, this post has the most common fix - you need to install the CLI tools for Entity Framework Core.