Why does the Visual Studio Marketplace work… only half the time?
A page fails, then reloads on its own. From curl tests to packet captures, I investigate an unreliable Marketplace connection and reach a surprising conclusion.
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Server-Sent Events (SSE): real-time over HTTP, and why AI APIs love them
Learn how Server-Sent Events work, why AI APIs use them for streaming, and how to consume them easily in .NET with Tiny.RestClient.
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Versioning an SDK without muddying the message
An SDK version quickly becomes a promise to its users. Here is the convention that helped me keep that promise clear from beta to hotfix.
Read articleHow I hired high-performing, engaged teams
For six years, I built teams that were regularly recognised for their performance and commitment. Here is the recruitment method that helped me do it.
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NecroBlog CLI: bringing lost blog posts back from the dead with the Wayback Machine
How I used the Wayback Machine and C# to recover 60 lost blog posts, retrieve their images, and convert them cleanly to Markdown.
Read articleSix years without blogging. It was time to return.
I had not published anything since 2020. Six very busy years later, the desire to write and share my day-to-day technical work is still here.
Read articleAzure DevOps Pipelines: differentiate your builds
It is very common to use the same build script for builds triggered by a Pull Request (PR) and those triggered by continuous integration (CI). Although these…
Read articleAzure DevOps: change the default branch
Every time I boot an Azure Dev Ops project, I'm desperately looking for ways to change the default branch. This time I've decided to write an article to help you…
Read articleAzure Blob Storage: block blob uploads
Azure Blob Storage is a very efficient file stoker service that can be used as a content delivery network (CDN). If you store large files, it allows you to upload…
Read articleAzure SQL Database serverless: retain the service tier when recreating a database
Recently I started using Azure SQL Database without server For my integration tests. But before each of my integration tests I have to delete my database and then…
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Azure SQL Database Serverless is a very recent service on Azure. What a funny idea to have a server less database. In this article, we will see in what cases it is…
Read articleAzure DevOps: force the use of a specific Xcode version
Azure DevOps is the ideal partner for automating builds and releases of our Xamarin iOS applications. When creating an iOS build, a good practice is to specify…
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