Simon Waight is a software developer and technical blogger who writes about Microsoft developer events, GitHub Copilot, AI applications, and modern web development with practical insights for developers.
186 articles from this blog
A guide to free trials, APIs, and SDKs for learning cloud development on major platforms like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Explores Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) practices for developing and deploying custom solutions on SharePoint Online 2013.
Explains how to use SharePoint 2013 workflows in Office 365 to call external web services, replacing traditional timer jobs.
A guide on setting up Git for TFS projects and creating folder hierarchies using command-line Git tools within Visual Studio.
A guide to optimizing web performance by reducing request latency, streamlining responses, and leveraging modern infrastructure to handle traffic efficiently.
A discussion on simplifying complex tech job descriptions for the general public, inspired by a critique of the Australian Computer Society.
A guide on using Octopus Deploy for continuous deployment of Umbraco CMS .NET websites, covering setup and folder management strategies.
A guide to creating consistent Windows Server backups on AWS by combining Windows Server Backup with scheduled EBS snapshots using PowerShell.
A tech professional shares his experience using Windows 8 as his primary OS, arguing the transition for desktop users is manageable and less drastic than critics claim.
A guide to fixing network connectivity issues between Windows 8 and Hyper-V virtual switches for both wired and wireless adapters.
Explains how AWS ELB's 60-second timeout can break long-running operations like Umbraco publishing and suggests design patterns to work around it.
Explains how to connect to and query TFS Preview (TFSPreview.com) using the TFS Client Object Model and C# code.
Discusses the maturity of cloud platforms like Azure and AWS, urging businesses to adopt Tier 1 public clouds for true cloud benefits.
Discusses the importance of proper software versioning, common bad practices, and the specific challenges in the .NET ecosystem.
A developer explains the benefits of learning PowerShell for automation, deployment, and working with complex environments like IIS and AWS.
A guide to locally testing web.config transformations in ASP.NET projects using MSBuild commands and Visual Studio's preview feature.
A critique of AWS based on a Sydney event, focusing on documentation gaps, lack of public roadmap, and suggestions for smaller customers.
A guide to configuring .NET applications and IIS SMTP server to send email using Amazon SES, including setup steps and configuration examples.
Explains how to use the new Shim/Fakes framework in Visual Studio 11 Beta for isolating unit tests by redirecting framework method calls.
Guide to configuring Jenkins on Windows to use HTTP authentication for Mercurial pulls, preventing full repository clones on each build.
