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2026

TL;AI: AI Has Made Writing Cheap. Why Is Reading Still So Expensive?original ↗

25 Aug 2026

Powell's Law: Time, Progress and the Cost of Interruption in Resilient Systems original ↗

2 Aug 2026

Should I Leave Legacy GitHub Copilot Pro for Pro+?original ↗

12 Jul 2026

Temporal Nexus in .NET (Preview): What It Is, When to Use It, and a Practical Walkthrough original ↗

5 Jul 2026

Temporal .NET Nexus Preview Feedback original ↗

5 Jul 2026

Durable Execution for Dummies: Retries Protect Calls, Workflows Protect Processes original ↗

20 Jun 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 8: The New Power Map original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 7: After the Crash original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 6: Breaking Point original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 5: Firmware original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 4: SaaS Was a Compromise original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 3: Moats original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 2: Prototypes original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence, Part 1: Echoes original ↗

16 May 2026

Return on Intelligence: The Preface to an Eight-Part Series on the AI Bubble original ↗

15 May 2026

From One Giant ‘Skill’ to a Real Agent Library: Temporal + .NET Aspire Debugging With Copilot original ↗

7 Feb 2026

2025

Building and Publishing a .NET Aspire Hosting Extension for Webhook Testing original ↗

13 Sept 2025

The Robotic Rubber duck - coding an energy forecasting engine with OpenAI Codex original ↗

7 Jul 2025

Combining .NET Aspire with Temporal - Part 3 original ↗

17 Jun 2025

Combining .NET Aspire with Temporal - Part 2 original ↗

15 Jun 2025

Combining .NET Aspire with Temporal - Part 1 original ↗

14 Jun 2025

Upgrading AstroPaper from v4 to v5 - What You Need to Know original ↗

14 Jun 2025

The Five Waves of Distributed Resilience original ↗

9 Jun 2025

Deploying .NET applications to Coolify original ↗

17 Mar 2025

Moving from WordPress on Digital Ocean VPS to Cloudflare Pages and Astro SSG original ↗

2 Mar 2025

Integrating Giscus Comments in AstroPaper v5 original ↗

2 Mar 2025

Moving Content to Astro original ↗

1 Mar 2025

2024

The Plague of Microsoft Excel original ↗

4 Jun 2024

2023

Exploring the Traits of Exceptional Developers original ↗

7 Jun 2023

Is Bob C. Smith the same person as Robert Charles Smith? A conversation with OpenAI Chat GPT original ↗

3 Apr 2023

2015

NServiceBus problems with RavenDb original ↗

11 Nov 2015

Auto-generating documentation and SDKs in ASP.NET Web API original ↗

16 Sept 2015

Golden rules for building better software original ↗

28 May 2015

JavaScript Module Pattern original ↗

2 Feb 2015

2014

VirtualMin, SSL Perfect Forward Secrecy and StartSSL original ↗

18 Nov 2014

Cool tools for wireframing original ↗

16 Oct 2014

Common .htaccess Redirects original ↗

30 Sept 2014

FluentMigrator timeout when adding a new column to a large table original ↗

27 Aug 2014

P vs NP explained original ↗

26 Aug 2014

The story of AllowRowLocks equals false. When indexes go bad.original ↗

25 Aug 2014

Saving Table Space Quick And Dirty original ↗

19 Aug 2014

Deploying Database Migrations in .NET Using FluentMigrator, TeamCity, and Octopus Deploy original ↗

18 Aug 2014

SOLVED - apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name original ↗

11 Aug 2014

Powershell Power - Moving large amounts of files to the cloud original ↗

10 Aug 2014

The golden rules of encryption for developers original ↗

23 Jul 2014

The browser wars illustrated - playground edition original ↗

26 Jun 2014

Teletype effects in JavaScript original ↗

20 Jun 2014

Command prompt here in Explorer Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 original ↗

12 May 2014

Fix Internet Explorer prompts to save JSON response when uploading files original ↗

13 Feb 2014

A simple lightweight HTTP Request Library original ↗

1 Feb 2014

How I setup my Digital Ocean droplet with ZPanel and configured the DKIM and SPF records original ↗

19 Jan 2014

JavaScript for hackers original ↗

14 Jan 2014

How Software Companies Die original ↗

6 Jan 2014

2013

The First Few Milliseconds of an HTTPS Connection original ↗

29 Aug 2013

Leaflet - An Open-Source JavaScript Library for Mobile-Friendly Interactive Maps original ↗

14 Aug 2013

Visual Representation of SQL Joins original ↗

14 Aug 2013

Text to UML Diagrams - Online tools original ↗

11 Jul 2013

The one cost engineers and product managers don’t consider original ↗

26 Jun 2013

Request-Acknowledge-Poll as a service design pattern original ↗

10 Apr 2013

MongoDB - Geospatial Indexing and Advanced Queries original ↗

7 Feb 2013

Twitter Bootstrap responsive design features problem YUI Compressor original ↗

23 Jan 2013

2012

Why you should never say "click here" in anchor text original ↗

29 Sept 2012

The lowdown on DateTime vs DateTimeOffset original ↗

1 Aug 2012

Why .NET developers should use NodaTime original ↗

30 Jul 2012

Understanding open source code licensing models original ↗

20 Jul 2012

How to contribute to open source projects on Github original ↗

14 Jul 2012

The right algorithm for user ratings original ↗

6 Jul 2012

Never rewrite code from scratch original ↗

6 Apr 2012

Document and interface with your REST service using Swagger original ↗

27 Mar 2012

Bing Maps has a SOAP Search service original ↗

15 Mar 2012

Warning: The HTML5 Data Attribute is case sensitive original ↗

14 Mar 2012

ServiceStack original ↗

13 Feb 2012

2011

Automate site deployments with TeamCity original ↗

23 Nov 2011

Could not load file or assembly bug in Visual Studio 2010 original ↗

21 Nov 2011

ComponentArt 2008 ASP.NET Ajax controls display problem in .NET 4.0 original ↗

14 Oct 2011

Schema Compare in the Visual Studio Database Project sucks original ↗

8 Sept 2011

WCF JSON Serialization error with DateTime.MinVal and UTC original ↗

2 Sept 2011

HTTPS and HTTP the protocol-less or protocol relative URLs original ↗

11 Aug 2011

BCrypt and ASP.net MVC original ↗

1 Jul 2011

Do developers get better with age?original ↗

14 Jun 2011

Storing data securely - A primer for .NET developers original ↗

14 Jun 2011

Change the color of a transparent PNG image icon on the fly using ASP.NET MVC original ↗

13 Jan 2011

2010

Supporting the WS-I Basic Profile Password Digest in a WCF client proxy original ↗

16 Nov 2010

ASP.NET Tip: If your DropDownList items are lost on postback original ↗

28 Apr 2010

ASP.NET MVC Simple authentication without a database original ↗

22 Feb 2010

2009

RPX OpenID with ASP.NET Webforms and Membership Providers original ↗

10 Feb 2009

ASP.NET - Disabling the submit button to prevent double submissions original ↗

21 Jan 2009

2004

Sending photos from your mobile to your website original ↗

24 Mar 2004

C# vs VB.NET - My choice and why original ↗

24 Jan 2004

2003

MMS Email Photo Blogging original ↗

10 Oct 2003

Creating a PowerPoint presentation on-the-fly using a design template original ↗

8 Oct 2003

First blog post original ↗

25 Sept 2003

2000

AstroPaper 3.0 original ↗

25 Sept 2000

How to update dependencies of AstroPaper original ↗

20 Jul 2000

Tailwind Typography Plugin original ↗

5 Jul 2000

How Do I Develop My Terminal Portfolio Website with React original ↗

9 Jun 2000

Example Draft Post original ↗

6 Jun 2000

How Do I Develop My Portfolio Website & Blog original ↗

25 Mar 2000

AstroPaper 2.0 original ↗

30 Jan 2000

AstroPaper 5.0 original ↗

30 Jan 2000