Priorities of Work on a Board
How to prioritize work on a kanban or task board - focus on items closest to done (rightmost columns) before pulling new work from the backlog.
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.
REST Commands and Queries in VS Code
Using the REST Client extension for VS Code to execute HTTP requests directly from text files, like a lightweight alternative to Postman.
Git Autocorrect
I don’t know how I didn’t know about this before now, but apparently you can turn on autocorrect for your git command line, and it will accept (after a short delay in which you can cancel) commands that are …
Encapsulation Boundaries Large and Small
Writing any significantly complex software application involves the use of encapsulation boundaries and abstractions. How many levels of such groupings do you have, and how many at each level?
Codemash 2020 Recap and Cloud Design Patterns Talk
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 …
Year in Review Post Checklist
A checklist listing things to consider including in your year in review article.
Using Grep to Find Strings in Markdown.md Files on Windows
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 …
Domain-Driven Design with ASP.NET Core Workshop
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 …
Moving from Controllers and Actions to Endpoints with MediatR
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.