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.

Nuget Publication Checklist

Nuget Publication Checklist

Last updated: 13 October 2023 I have a few Nuget packages that I maintain, and when I get a new PR or add a new feature or bugfix, I like to try and get the change out quickly. Unfortunately, this is a somewhat manual …

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Keeping a Work Journal

Keeping a Work Journal

Not long ago I saw a tweet from Brian Hogan describing a tool he uses for journaling while at work. I've kept notes in a variety of formats throughout my career but have never really kept a journal per se, so I thought …

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2018 Year in Review

2018 Year in Review

Now that 2018’s been over for a few weeks, I’ve had a chance to compile some data from a variety of sources that I thought some people might find interesting, including future me. This post will include …

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Load Testing and the Requests per Second Curve

Load Testing and the Requests per Second Curve

There are a few basic curves you look for when load testing. They're pretty much standard, but there's not a lot of information out there about them, specifically. In this post I'm going to just describe one such curve, …

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Bulk Delete Old and Big GMail Email

Bulk Delete Old and Big GMail Email

My GMail is complaining it's running out of space. I remember the days when GMail would show an ever-increasing counter of how much more space I had in my inbox, but apparently those days are over. I rarely delete …

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Becoming a Developer Team Force Multiplier

Becoming a Developer Team Force Multiplier

I have clients who describe me and my team as a “force multiplier” for their development organization. What does this mean, and how can it apply to you? How can you become a force multiplier for your team or …

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Analyzing 404s with Google Analytics

Analyzing 404s with Google Analytics

I've been wanting to analyze broken links coming into my site so that I could add 301 redirects if necessary. I figured I could probably use Google Analytics to analyze 404s and broken links on my site. With a bit of …

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