A guide to building a custom chatbot in Azure OpenAI using your own data, covering setup, costs, and integration with Azure Cognitive Search.
A technical guide demonstrating how to use Puma's after_reply feature to defer non-critical operations and improve web application response times.
A guide to using the EntityFramework.Exceptions library to handle specific database errors like constraint violations in Entity Framework.
A developer shares motivations for writing and offers advice on how to write effectively for a technical audience, including recommended resources.
A developer's guide to migrating a large .NET Framework 4.8 application to .NET 6 using an iterative, step-by-step approach.
Three useful C# programming tips for working with dictionaries, including case-insensitive keys and safe value retrieval methods.
A developer explores building a resilient, Rails-based system to integrate ChatGPT for playing video games, inspired by a Twitch streamer's Python script.
Explains C# overload resolution rules, focusing on implicit conversions and compile-time constant evaluation to determine the best method match.
A guide to hotfix iOS 17 widget issues: adopting the new containerBackground API and disabling extra padding for compatibility.
A developer explains why they prefer xUnit over other .NET testing frameworks, focusing on its test isolation design.
Explains the performance and readability benefits of ordering LINQ queries as Where.Select instead of Select.Where in C#.
Explains why eliding the 'await' keyword in C# async methods results in missing stack trace information, with code examples.
A biweekly newsletter curating the latest news, articles, and tools for mobile test automation, covering iOS, Android, and cross-platform development.
A guide to implementing the Mediator design pattern in C# from scratch, inspired by the MediatR library.
Troubleshooting guide for fixing 'Cloud trust for on-premise auth policy is enabled: No' during Windows Hello for Business migration to Cloud Kerberos Trust.
A critique of common management failures in tech and a guide to becoming a supportive, transparent, and people-focused engineering manager.
A new website aims to make free software philosophy more accessible and practical, offering an alternative to the FSF's complex messaging.
A technical guide on using Zig's metaprogramming features, specifically reflection, to parse CSS into typed structs and pretty-print the results.
Explains C# 12's new collection literals feature, a concise syntax for creating and merging collections and dictionaries.
Explains the internal workings of the .NET List<T> class, focusing on its dynamic array implementation, resizing behavior, and performance considerations.
