Discusses the pros and cons of using unsigned integers (uint) in C#, covering CLS compliance, wrap-around risks, and practical use cases.
A talk on async/await in .NET, covering pitfalls, differences from parallel programming, and internal state machine workings.
A tutorial on setting up and writing unit tests for Blazor components using bUnit, with an introduction to end-to-end testing concepts.
Announcement and teaser for a .NET User Group Zurich online event focusing on async/await programming in C#, covering pitfalls and best practices.
A developer explains building a blog with Blazor, detailing motivations, setup, and using markdown for posts.
A developer shares practical challenges and solutions encountered while implementing C# source generators, focusing on debugging and dependency issues.
A guide to overcoming fear and learning by hacking on the nginx source code, from downloading to compiling and making a simple change.
Final part of a series on using C# 9 records as strongly-typed IDs, covering remaining issues with EF Core and ToString() generation.
A tutorial on using C libraries in Swift, covering Swift Package Manager setup and interoperability for beginners.
A guide to dynamically building OR expressions in LINQ queries using Expression Trees, with a reusable helper class for combining predicates.
A guide to the most valuable Microsoft Ignite March 2021 sessions for Australian developers, covering .NET, Azure, AI, and career growth.
An interview with iOS developer Lee Kah Seng discussing his journey from .NET to iOS, challenges with Objective-C and Swift, and the iOS job market in Malaysia.
A developer shares tips and tools for debugging C code on macOS, covering lldb usage and memory overflow detection techniques.
A side-by-side comparison of basic syntax and concepts in Go, Rust, and C++, including variables, arrays, functions, and OOP.
Analyzes the relevance of the visitor design pattern in modern programming, comparing it to alternatives like dynamic_cast and discussing its core use case.
A guide to validating incoming requests in a C# API using MediatR and the command pattern to keep the domain layer clean and focused.
A technical guide on optimizing SQL bulk insert performance in C#, comparing methods from simple loops to high-speed SqlBulkCopy.
First part of a guide on improving software design skills using .NET and C#, focusing on design principles over data structures.
A guide to integrating C# 9 record-based strongly-typed IDs with Entity Framework Core using value converters.
Explains how to serialize C# 9 strongly-typed IDs to JSON using System.Text.Json, covering custom converters and a converter factory.
