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When Containers Become Trashcans

Containers are so awesome. Prior to containers, if you wanted to experiment with some new technology, you had to go through the ringer to configure and install all of the appropriate dependencies, set up the proper infrastructure, and clutter your machine with tons of trash that you might not ever

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How I Haven't Become an Amorphous Blob While Working Remotely

With it being February, I’m sure quite a few folks out there are still trying to keep their New Year's resolutions intact. Since I’d wager quite a few of those are in the area of fitness or personal wellness, this post falls in line with a

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Just Jump into the Stream

I've spent the better part of my ten-year career as a developer in a relatively safe bubble, technology-wise. Falling in love with a programming language or technology is a bit like the software version of having your first real girlfriend/boyfriend. They might change the ways that you

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Making Your .NET Application Less Quirky

I'd like to believe that as developers, we are always looking for those silver-bullet type solutions. The ones where we just add a single line of code, adjust some global setting, and everything improves. Things run faster, more efficiently, and bugs just start resolving themselves - it'

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I Don't Know Crap About Security (Or At Least I Didn't)

Recently, I was involved in a project that required doing some serious locking down of an application prior to an extensive audit (with potentially millions of dollars on the line). All the buzzwords were there: "pen testing", "red teams", and "everything depends on this"

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Priorities of a Passionate Developer

Anyone that has been around me knows that I'm quite passionate about my craft, and if you are reading this, you probably have a bit of that inside you as well. A huge reason for starting this blog was to try and share some of the pitfalls that

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Software Soup

As a father of two, one of which being very recent, it's been tough to find time to blog as much as I usually do. It's tough to find/make the time without cutting corners somewhere. But it's interesting how the two: parenthood and

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I Don't Know

Software development is a huge field, I mean huge. You've got front-end folks, back-end folks, database specialists, architects, the engineers, the folks with the people skills to talk to the engineers, and countless others; it's overwhelming. With technology evolving as fast as it does, it'

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Hands-free Security Scanning within .NET Applications

I'm sure if you follow any news sources at all, you see countless hacks, breaches, and leaks from various big-name companies which you might assume would be better at protecting your information. Now most of these incidents can probably be related to non-technical issues like social engineering, but

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Making a (Job) Switch as a Software Developer

It may have seemed a bit quiet here over the last few weeks, but there's certainly been a lot of activity below the surface. After nearly seven years at my previous position, I've decided to finally make a change. When this post goes live, I'

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Why won't you answer my question?

I've spent more time than I would like to admit on various Q&A sites and forums related to development, where I have answered thousands of questions. Generally, the questions stay within the confines of such forums, however after waking up to my personal inbox being flooded

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The Web Developer Checklist : A One-Stop-Shop for Improving the Web

I've been searching for some time for a single resource that I could go to check a variety of best practices and methods of improving the performance of my sites and applications and I can now mark that off of my list. Mads Kristensen [http://madskristensen.net/] and