A critique and refinement of Onion Architecture, analyzing its challenges and proposing a 'sliced' approach for better code organization.
colin@colinfay.me:~$ cat ~/blog/old-faithful-express-bootstrap-webr.md Find all my posts about webR here. Note: the first post of this series explaini
A step-by-step guide to installing, configuring, and testing the GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant within Visual Studio 2022.
A guide to using the EntityFramework.Exceptions library to handle specific database errors like constraint violations in Entity Framework.
A developer's personal comparison and year-long trial of Alfred and Raycast, two popular Mac productivity launcher apps, detailing their pros and cons.
Explores ASP.NET 8's new IExceptionHandler to convert exceptions into standardized Problem Details responses for better API error reporting.
Explores the performance trade-offs of inlining Python functions vs. keeping code modular, showing a speed gain at the cost of readability.
Weekly tech roundup covering major Microsoft AI announcements: Bing Chat Enterprise, Microsoft 365 Copilot pricing, Azure AI updates, and new LLM architectures.
Explores automating the detection of image overflow in xaringan/remark slides to prevent missing images in PDF exports using chromote and headless Chrome.
A developer begins a learning series on using WebGPU to create a web-based renderer for 3D STL files, starting with file parsing.
A technical guide to parsing binary STL files, focusing on their flawed structure and demonstrating the process using JavaScript and WebGPU.
Explains common mistakes in email validation and provides correct, permissive approaches for developers.
A biweekly newsletter covering mobile automation news, including iOS/Android testing, CI/CD, Swift, Flutter, and Appium tutorials and best practices.
A guide to containerizing ASP.NET Core applications with Docker, covering installation, Dockerfiles, and deployment.
Explores using React Query for data fetching in components and compares it with React Context for state management, discussing trade-offs.
A detailed review of the ZSA Platform tenting kit for the Moonlander ergonomic keyboard, covering its construction, installation, and user experience.
A developer's journey migrating a 14-year-old WordPress blog to a leaner, static site using Eleventy and Netlify, detailing the reasons and process.
A comprehensive guide to Meta's LLaMA 2 open-source language model, covering resources, playgrounds, benchmarks, and technical details.
A tutorial on creating a simple HTML encoding function in vanilla JavaScript to safely display code samples on web pages.
A developer shares insights from building an AI audit prototype, discussing the importance of defensibility and lessons from banking model audits.
