Testing Production API Endpoints with xUnit
How to test live API endpoints with xUnit using environment variables for configuration, including handling authorization with IdentityServer.
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.
Syncing a Fork of a GitHub Repository with Upstream
GitHub only lets you fork a repository once. And it doesn't offer any way to update that fork from the web interface. So, once you've got a fork, you have a snapshot-in-time of the original repository, but if a few …
Fixed Problem Connecting to Docker for Windows ASPNET App
Recently I was working on some WinForms and classic MVC (not Core) apps built with ASP.NET and migrating them to Azure using containers. There's a repo with samples and an ebook on modernizing your.NET apps so they can …
Create Alias to Set Window Title in PowerShell
I’ve written previously about how to set the window title in PowerShell. Unfortunately, it’s a little complicated. Recently on twitter, though, Greg MacLellan showed me how to create an alias so you can just …
Speaking and Presenting Last Minutes Checklist
If you want to avoid forgetting something in the heat of the moment, us a checklist. This checklist features all of the things a technical speaker should be remembering to do in the last hour before their talk. Check it …
Finding a Career Horse to Ride
About 20 years ago I read the book, Horse Sense, by Al Ries and Jack Trout. The authors posit, “The key to success if finding a horse to ride.” In the authors typically direct and simple style, filled with …
Automatically Detect Expiring HTTPS SSL Certificates
All too often we hear about a site going down or suffering problems because they've let their public x509 certificate expire. SSL certificates, which are required for HTTPS to work for secure connections using TLS to …
How to Add Files to a GitHub Repo You Don't Own
There are a bunch of GitHub (and other git host) repositories that aren't really for software projects, but rather are for documentation or other resources. For example, the ASP.NET Core docs, or various awesome lists, …
Using Pablo to Create Title Images
How to use Pablo by Buffer to quickly create attractive title images for blog posts and social media using stock photos and simple text overlays.
Ultimate Developer Rig 2019
I recently upgraded my desktop developer machine. My goal was to support more docker-based application development including ones that run multiple microservices at the same time, like the eShopOnContainers sample that I …